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[Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net>]

That would be great...

On 01/08/2013 10:22 AM, Waqas Ashraf wrote:
> I could give you a rough guideline the way I did mine and you can improve 
> on it and put in nicer word? 
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 8, 2013, at 10:58 AM, Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net> wrote:
>
>> Someone would have to write that up, or at least give me a rough
>> guideline to how they set it up.  I haven't run Windows in over 6 years,
>> but I could load it up on a VM to fill in the details.
>>
>>
>> On 01/08/2013 09:54 AM, Waqas Ashraf wrote:
>>> Oh please do rewrite that page and also if you could please add BIND on 
>>> windows setup as well on that list. 
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jan 8, 2013, at 10:48 AM, Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, if you are just using a hints file, then I believe you are correct
>>>> that you only need the list of nameservers in the file.  However while
>>>> reading through the thread, I had the impression that waqas was slaving
>>>> the root zone, in which case you need the entire zone file.
>>>>
>>>> Both methods are actually presented in the wiki docs, however there
>>>> seems to be a lot of questions raised by that page.  I am considering
>>>> doing a rewrite of that page to try and provide a clearer explanation of
>>>> the various methods for configuring a server.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 01/08/2013 02:56 AM, Simon 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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