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[Waqas Ashraf <waqas281 AT gmail.com>]

That is exactly what I did Simon but I used the whole root file using the 
AXFR option you told me about. Rather then Using the NS option I had the 
partial till Jeff pointed it out and then I changed it to full root file.

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On Jan 8, 2013, at 3:56 AM, Simon <simon AT hacknix.net> wrote:

> On 01/08/13 00:31, Jeff Taylor wrote:
>> Actually you were right the first time... You want to AXFR the root zone
>> so you get a complete copy of it.  If you just query for NS records, you
>> get a list of the accepted nameservers, but you don't have your own
>> complete local copy of the zone.
> 
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> I think we're getting confused here. Let me explain my understanding and
> I would appreciate it if you and others could comment if required.
> 
> To get a configuration similar to the standard ICANN setup with Bind but
> using Opennic, you need to replace the standard root hints file with one
> suitable for Opennic. The hints file is not supposed to contain a full
> copy of the root zone, it is simply intended to provide enough
> information (hints) to resolve the root zone directly from the root
> servers. Therefore, adding this information to the root.hints file is
> enough to get a basic nameserver working with Opennic. This information
> can be obtained by using dig -t NS on the root ( . ) zone from one of
> the Opennic nameservers.
> 
> However, if desired, we can take the configuration a step further and
> add some zones to our config. If we decide to go this route, the minmum
> we would add is this:
> 
> 
> zone "." {
>                type slave;
>                file "opennic/root.db";
>                masters { 75.127.96.89; };
>                allow-transfer { any; };
>                notify no;
> };
> 
> zone "opennic.glue" IN{
>                type slave;
>                file "opennic/glue.db";
>                masters { 75.127.96.89; };
>                allow-transfer { any; };
>                notify no;
> };
> 
> Generally, if you have gone this far, you would then continue with
> adding slave statements for the TLD's, thus:
> 
> zone "geek" IN{
>                type slave;
>                file "opennic/geek.db";
>                masters { 202.83.95.229; };
>                allow-transfer { any; };
>                notify no;
> };
> 
> 
> ... and so on for the other TLDs.
> 
> 
> Comments anyone?
> 
> 
> Simon
> 
> 
> 
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