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romandas
Asked: 2011-08-30 07:15:09 +0800 CST

What is the point of the zones.rfc1918 file for Bind9?

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Using an Ubuntu 10.04 LTS server in a standalone environment and trying to use views to serve two different subnets of clients. Getting errors regarding the zones.rfc1918 file, so I'd like to know what that file is used for. What's the point of hosting the rfc1918 addresses?

The subnets I'm using are rfc 1918 addresses, btw. Will including the default zones.rfc1918 file cause me any (more) headaches?

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    It is generally considered a good practice to serve localhost, 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa and the RFC-1918 reverse zones on your internal DNS system to prevent sending queries from them out to the internet. It saves time (you get replies for those queries quickly), bandwidth (no requests leaving your network for zones that shouldn't exist), and relieves the load on servers upstream of you.

    If you are using RFC-1918 addresses by all means serve the appropriate reverse data for the range(s) you use. You should also serve empty zones (or wildcarded zones) for the other ranges.

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