[Pdns-users] hints-file format

bert hubert bert.hubert at netherlabs.nl
Sat Nov 19 11:24:35 UTC 2005


On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 01:30:29PM +1100, Peter Fern wrote:
> Could someone please tell me what the format is for the new hints-file 
> parameter of pdns_recursor?  I'm wanting to get pdns_recursor to return 
> some custom internal domains that we have set up so that I can drop 
> djbdns entirely from the network and run purely on pdns.

It takes both the "regular" root.hints and the ORSN hints file directly, so
like this:

.                       3600000 IN NS   A.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.
A.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN A    217.146.128.77
...

I don't think it deals with non-numerical TTLs yet.

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