Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 15:54:58 -0700 From: Studded <Studded@dal.net> To: Leif Neland <leifn@internet.dk> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: named.boot Message-ID: <35563042.B5FA439B@dal.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980508102613.265B-100000@darla.swimsuit.internet.dk>
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Leif Neland wrote: > > On Tue, 5 May 1998, Doug White wrote: > > > On Tue, 5 May 1998, Leif Neland wrote: > > > > > Just wondering: Is there any reason why named doesn't fetch a new > > > named.root with the root nameservers regularly? > > > > Well, it does, you just don't notice it nor does it actually write it > > down. If you watch named do its thing with tcpdump sometime you'll see it > > bothering the root servers when it's quiet and intuiting an updated list. > > You can always grab a new one for yourself tho, it's in internic somewhere > > :) > > > > Well, why doesn't it write it down then? Because not everyone who uses BIND uses it on the internet. You are responsible for keeping your cache file up to date and pointed at the root zone that you need to use. It doesn't change very often and as long as you have one valid root nameserver you will be pointed to the information you need. Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** *** Proud designer and maintainer of the world's largest Internet *** Relay Chat server with 5,328 simultaneous connections. *** Try spider.dal.net on ports 6662-4 (Powered by FreeBSD) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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