1. New feature; option to have the script loop until a specified hostname

(localhost by default) can be successfully looked up. Off by default.
2. New feature: option to create a forwarder configuration file based on
the contents of /etc/resolv.conf. This allows you to utilize a local
resolver for better performance, less network traffic, custom zones, etc.
while still relying on the benefits of your local network resolver.
Off by default.
3. Add named-checkconf into the startup routine. This will prevent named
from trying to start in a situation where it would not be possible to do
so.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/etc/namedb/named.conf b/etc/namedb/named.conf
index dd2d115..c9b09cb 100644
--- a/etc/namedb/named.conf
+++ b/etc/namedb/named.conf
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ options {
 	disable-empty-zone "0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.ARPA";
 	disable-empty-zone "1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.ARPA";
 
-// In addition to the "forwarders" clause, you can force your name
-// server to never initiate queries of its own, but always ask its
-// forwarders only, by enabling the following line:
-//
-//	forward only;
-
 // If you've got a DNS server around at your upstream provider, enter
 // its IP address here, and enable the line below.  This will make you
 // benefit from its cache, thus reduce overall DNS traffic in the Internet.
@@ -45,6 +39,20 @@ options {
 		127.0.0.1;
 	};
 */
+
+// If the 'forwarders' clause is not empty the default is to 'forward first'
+// which will fall back to sending a query from your local server if the name
+// servers in 'forwarders' do not have the answer.  Alternatively you can
+// force your name server to never initiate queries of its own by enabling the
+// following line:
+//	forward only;
+
+// If you wish to have forwarding configured automatically based on
+// the entries in /etc/resolv.conf, uncomment the following line and
+// set named_auto_forward=yes in /etc/rc.conf.  You can also enable
+// named_auto_forward_only (the effect of which is described above).
+//	include "/etc/namedb/auto_forward.conf";
+
 	/*
 	   Modern versions of BIND use a random UDP port for each outgoing
 	   query by default in order to dramatically reduce the possibility