From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 17 21:21:32 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 DDB8F16A407 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:21:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6FE8A13C4A6 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:21:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 25388 invoked by uid 399); 17 Jul 2007 21:21:31 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO lap.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTP; 17 Jul 2007 21:21:31 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 Message-ID: <469D32DA.6010302@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:21:30 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070617) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Volker , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, koitsu@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> <20070717210622.GA89814@eos.sc1.parodius.com> In-Reply-To: <20070717210622.GA89814@eos.sc1.parodius.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.1 OpenPGP: id=D5B2F0FB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: 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 21:21:33 -0000 Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > 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"? Someone else already touched on this so I didn't want to repeat it, but basically you should ask yourself, what's the difference between a hints file and a stub for the root zone? If you can answer that, then you will answer the other. :) Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection