Re: failure with empty hints file on forward first

In article <c807fs$l8b$1@sf1.isc.org>,
Jeff Stevens <jstevens@vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> does bind require the named.ca (hints) file to be populated if
> forward first is used? it seems to fail for such a case, while forward
> only works...

When "forward first" is used, it has to be prepared to use the root
servers if the forwarders don't answer. So it needs the hints.

Older releases of BIND even required the hints when "forward only" was
used, but this was eventually fixed.

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