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djbdns-fwdzone

It's a patch to djbdns to allow dnscache to perform resolution or forwarding according to the query zone.

The latest version is djbdns-1.04-fwdzone. It works with djbdns-1.05 too.

How do I configure dnscache after applying the patch ?

The FORWARDONLY environment variable has been disabled. By default, dnscache only performs iterative queries, like in pre-1.03 versions.

To configure the root/servers directory of dnscache :

If my.zone has the sticky bit set, dnscache will perform recursive queries for the zone : my.zone must contain a list of DNS caches to whom dnscache will forward the queries.

If my.zone has the sticky bit cleared, dnscache will perform iterative queries for the zone : my.zone must contains a list of appropriate DNS servers.

If @ has the sticky bit set, dnscache will forward any queries it cannot find a preconfigured zone for. This is most useful behind a firewall with a split-DNS configuration.

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