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  From: lloy0076 <lloy0076@rebel.net.au>
  To  : Richard Sharpe <sharpe@ns.aus.com>
  Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:48:06 +0930

Re: BIND

Richard Sharpe wrote:
> 
> At 10:21 PM 4/16/00 +0930, Don Collins wrote:
> >I think you are supposed to replace 0.0.0.0 with 127.0.0.1 for it to do local
> >nameserver caching correctly.
> 
> The address 0.0.0.0 sometimes means 'this computer'. I checked it out, and
> 0.0.0.0 works fine in resolv.conf. nslookup queries the name server on the
> same machine when you have 0.0.0.0 specified as the only nameserver in
> resolv.conf.
> 
> >lloy0076 wrote:
> >
> >> Here's an interesting question that I can't quite work out the answer
> >> too. I have manged to setup BIND 8.2.[a number] on my system. It works
> >> perfectly and finds name for me on the Internet without haivng to fall
> >> back on another name server (i.e. in /etc/resolv.conf, nameserver
> >> 0.0.0.0 is sufficient).
> >>
> >> The question is the following:
> >>
> >> i have the setup of /etc/resolv.conf of

I do actually own a copy of Setting up BIND by O'Reilly...excellent book
as usual. However, my little question is one of those "can't see the
trees for the wood ones"...apparently BIND can chuck a huge wobbly if
it's setup to look at 127.0.0.1...I think that happens when you
accidentally (deliberately?) muck up the 127.0.0.1 in-addr.arpa
mappings.

:-))

DL
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