DNS recursion on Dapper's BIND9

[Brian Fahrlander]

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James Gray wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Fahrlander" <brian at fahrlander.net>
> 
>     I'm hoping to find someone else with master zones (other than for
> localhost) and compare notes before I take this further...
> 
> Master zones for who exactly?  Are you referring to the root name servers (ie, your "hints" file for bind)?
> 
> $ dig > /path/to/dns/zones/root.hints
> $ cat /path/to/dns/zones/root.hints
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>>
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 34831
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 13, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 6
> 
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;.                              IN      NS
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> .                       394311  IN      NS      f.root-servers.net.
> .                       394311  IN      NS      g.root-servers.net.
> .                       394311  IN      NS      h.root-servers.net.
> .                       394311  IN      NS      i.root-servers.net.
> .                       394311  IN      NS      j.root-servers.net.
> .                       394311  IN      NS      k.root-servers.net.
> .                       394311  IN      NS      l.root-servers.net.
> .                       394311  IN      NS      m.root-servers.net.
> .                       394311  IN      NS      a.root-servers.net.
> .                       394311  IN      NS      b.root-servers.net.
> .                       394311  IN      NS      c.root-servers.net.
> .                       394311  IN      NS      d.root-servers.net.
> .                       394311  IN      NS      e.root-servers.net.
> 
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> a.root-servers.net.     382309  IN      A       198.41.0.4
> b.root-servers.net.     567639  IN      A       192.228.79.201
> e.root-servers.net.     387213  IN      A       192.203.230.10
> j.root-servers.net.     417975  IN      A       192.58.128.30
> k.root-servers.net.     486245  IN      A       193.0.14.129
> l.root-servers.net.     397974  IN      A       198.32.64.12
> 
> ;; Query time: 6 msec
> ;; SERVER: 130.130.68.1#53(130.130.68.1)
> ;; WHEN: Thu Aug 30 09:55:56 2007
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 324
> 
> It doesn't get much more "master zone" than that.
> 

  Right.  Done that three times, now, just to be sure.  See what I mean
about this being a weird problem?  That's why I'm bringing it up; I
can't *possibly* be the only one to notice it....or am I?  With
certainty, something's different, here.

   Want to see? (I'm all out of 'lookin' :)

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