[Pdns-users] recursing for records which are missing from authoritative zones

[ktm at rice.edu]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 03:33:50PM +0200, Peter Thomassen wrote:
> Hi Ken,
> 
> So, what would be an example of a situation where "PowerDNS will
> consult the recursor for an recursive query, even if PowerDNS is
> authoritative for a domain"?
> 
> Apparently such cases exists, otherwise this sentence would not be in
> the documentation.
> https://doc.powerdns.com/md/authoritative/recursion/
> 
> Best,
> Peter
> 

Hi Peter,

A simple case would be a CNAME to an out-of-zone location. In that case
it would use the recursor to find the IP address. NS record to an out-of-zone
nameserver is another.

Regards,
Ken