[dns-operations] Auth-only DNS Server

Mark Andrews Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Tue Feb 3 14:24:51 UTC 2009


In message <49884FE1.9030608 at spaghetti.zurich.ibm.com>, Jeroen Massar writes:
> Hi,
> 
> If one takes into account RFC1912 and wants to conform to it, one would
> have to server 'localhost.', '127.in-addr.arpa.' and others even for
> auth-only servers, thus DNS servers that only serve 'real zones', thus
> no recursion, no caching, no adding of other data etc.
> 
> Is there an RFC or BCP document that describes what one should and
> should not do for an auth-only server?
> 
> Greets,
>  Jeroen

	A auth only server won't be being asked those questions
	as there will be no delegation to it.

	Mark

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