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[Amrit Panesar <apanesar AT 4195tech.com>]

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On Feb 24, 2012, at 17:01, Peter Green <peter AT greenpete.co.uk> wrote:

> So which file do I enter the code shown below in?

either, they are all include members.
> 
> Then, the first zone appears to be "." What does that mean?
> 
the root zone. it resolves TLD's to the main server for that TLD
> zone "." { type slave; file "/etc/bind/zones/db.root"; masters { ; }; 
> allow-transfer { any; }; notify no; };
> 
> Then the next zone, this one seems to make sense, I guess it slaves 
> OpenNIC's T1 servers?
dns.opennic.glue is contains a list of the T2s
> 
> What about the file these two zones point to, like this one; 
> ("/etc/bind/zones/slaves/db.dns.opennic") Does that get created 
> automatically, or do we have to do that our selves, if so, what permissions 
> and ownership do we give it?
> 
named:named read write 
> zone "dns.opennic.glue" { type slave; file 
> "/etc/bind/zones/slaves/db.dns.opennic"; masters { 75.127.96.89; }; notify 
> no; allow-transfer { any; }; };
> 
> Next, what does "allow-recursion { any; }; " mean in this case?
> 
it allows anyone to slave from your server
> Thanks, Peter
> 
> Wanged from my Kaiser by a mischievous pixie!