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named.conf(4) named.conf(4)
(BIND 9.3)
the authority section will be treated as NXDOMAIN. This does not apply to the zone
apex. This should not be applied to leaf zones.
delegation-only has no effect on
answers received from forwarders.
allow-notify
See the description in The options Statement section.
allow-query
See the description in The options Statement section.
allow-transfer
See the description in The options Statement section.
allow-update
Specifies which hosts are allowed to submit Dynamic DNS updates for master zones. The
default is to deny updates from all hosts. Please note that this option is not applicable
for slave zones. See the Dynamic Update Policies section for more details.
allow-update-forwarding
Specifies which hosts are allowed to submit Dynamic DNS updates to slave zones to be
forwarded to the master. The default is {none;}
, which means that no update forward-
ing will be performed. To enable update forwarding, specify allow-update-
forwarding {any;};. Specifying values other than {none;} or {any;} is usually
counterproductive, since the responsibility for update access control should rest with the
master server, not the slaves. Note that enabling the update forwarding feature on a
slave server may expose master servers that rely on insecure IP-address-based access
control to attacks.
also-notify
Only meaningful if notify is active for this zone. The set of machines that will receive
a DNS NOTIFY message for this zone is made up of all the listed name servers (other
than the primary master) for the zone plus any IP addresses specified with also-
notify. A port may be specified with each also-notify address to send the notify
messages to a port other than the default of 53. also-notify is not meaningful for
stub zones. The default is the empty list.
alt-transfer-source
See the description in The options Statement section.
alt-transfer-source-v6
See the description in The options Statement section.
check-names
Restrict the character set and syntax of certain domain names in master files and/or DNS
responses received from the network. The default varies according to zone type. For
master zones, the default is fail.Forslave zones, the default is warn
.
database Specify the type of database to be used for storing the zone data. The string following the
database keyword is interpreted as a list of whitespace-delimited words. The first
word identifies the database type, and any subsequent words are passed as arguments to
the database to be interpreted in a way specific to the database type. The default is rbt,
BIND 9’s native in-memory red-black-tree database. This database does not take argu-
ments. Other values are possible if additional database drivers have been linked into the
server.
delegation-only
The flag only applies to hint and stub zones. If set to yes, then the zone is also
treated as if it is also a delegation-only type zone.
dialup See the description in The options Statement section.
file A zone file designates a domain name with all of its associated subdomains, IP addresses,
and mail server. A zone file contains resource records (A, CNAME, NS, SOA, and so on).
forward Only meaningful if the zone has a forwarders list. The only value causes the lookup
to fail after trying the forwarders and getting no answer, while first allows a normal
lookup to be tried.
forwarders Used to override the list of global forwarders. If it is not specified in a zone of type for-
ward, no forwarding is done for the zone; the global options are not used.
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