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Configuring and Managing BIND
5.4 Populating the BIND Server Databases
These local host databases provide forward and inverse translation for the widely
used LOCALHOST name. The LOCALHOST name is always associated with the
IP address 127.0.0.1 and is used for local loopback traffic.
5.4.4.2 Hint File
This file contains root name server hints. Any name server running on a host
without direct Internet connectivity should list the internal roots in its hint file.
The following sample shows a ROOT.HINT file. In earlier releases, this file was
called NAMED.CA.
; Data file for initial cache data for root domain servers.
;
; Provided for Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS.
;
; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> @192.5.5.241
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 13, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 13
;; QUERY SECTION:
;; ., type = NS, class = IN
;
;; ANSWER SECTION:
. 6D IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 6D IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 6D IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 6D IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 6D IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 6D IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 6D IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 6D IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 6D IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 6D IN NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 6D IN NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 6D IN NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 6D IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
;
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 128.63.2.53
B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 128.9.0.107
C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.33.4.12
D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 128.8.10.90
E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.203.230.10
I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.36.148.17
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.5.5.241
G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.112.36.4
J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 198.41.0.10
K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 193.0.14.129
L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 198.32.64.12
M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 202.12.27.33
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 198.41.0.4
;
;; Total query time: 608 msec
;; FROM: ucx.ern.sea.com to SERVER: 192.5.5.241
;; WHEN: Mon May 18 15:26:19 1998
;; MSG SIZE sent: 17 rcvd: 436
This cache initialization file contains NS records that name root servers and A
records that provide the addresses of root servers.
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