From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 17 21:06:23 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D08916A402; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:06:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: from mx01.sc1.parodius.com (mx01.sc1.parodius.com [72.20.106.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8E3C13C4B4; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:06:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: by mx01.sc1.parodius.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6B2761CC05D; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:06:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:06:22 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Doug Barton Message-ID: <20070717210622.GA89814@eos.sc1.parodius.com> Mail-Followup-To: Doug Barton , Volker , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <200707162319.41724.lofi@freebsd.org> <200707171005.37507.wundram@beenic.net> <469C835B.6090304@vwsoft.com> <200707171106.30795.wundram@beenic.net> <469C8F72.7040500@vwsoft.com> <469CEADF.8090801@FreeBSD.org> <469D0CFE.2090508@vwsoft.com> <469D2E40.5020707@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <469D2E40.5020707@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) Cc: Volker , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with named default configuration in 6-STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:06:23 -0000 On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 02:01:52PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > 3. Using the root zone as type "stub" should work (even while ARM says > it's not DNS standard). But ARM says, it's not recommended for new > configurations (I have no idea why it does state that). > > This is just plain bad advice, although at least you were honest > enough to say you didn't understand it. Can you expand on this, re: why it's "bad advice"? I also cannot make heads or tails of the BIND ARM saying it's "not recommended". Please shed some light on this for those of us less experienced in the know, if you could (I mean that sincerely). Thanks! -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |