default named.conf in bind ports and slaving from f-root

[Kevin Oberman]

On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 7:02 PM, George Mitchell <george+freebsd at m5p.com>
wrote:

> On 04/14/17 08:37, Thomas Steen Rasmussen wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Cloudflare deployed a bunch (74 apparently) of new f-root dns
> > servers, which do not permit AXFR like the other f-root instances
> > do.
> > [...]
> > A good alternative could be to change named.conf to use
> > lax.xfr.dns.icann.org and iad.xfr.dns.icann.org as
> > described in [2]. My named.conf now looks like this:
> > [...]
>
> Does this issue affect me if I use type "hint" for zone "." like this:
>
> zone "." { type hint; file "/usr/local/etc/namedb/named.root"; };
>
> -- George
>

It does not have anything to do with "normal" operations using a hints
file. This only has an impact on those who transfer zones from a root
server. Many of the root servers do not allow AXFRs to reduce load.
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