Am 15.05.2012 17:16, schrieb Muhammad Yousuf Khan: > but just one more question. i want my isp or my internal DNS server to be root. > how can i stop powerDNS to query outside. i think my ISP DNS would be > more good enough See http://doc.powerdns.com/built-in-recursor.html#recursor-settings example: forward-zones-recurse=.=8.8.8.8:53