Added BLACKHOLE macro

[nsc-5.git] / README

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@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ PRIMARY(zone, [extra-files...])
                concatenated to produce a single configuration). See the next
                section for a look inside these files.
 
+               When the zone name contains a slash (as happens in classless
+               reverse zones), it is replaced by "@" in the cf file name.
+
 SECONDARY(zone, primary)
                Define a zone we run a secondary name server for.
                "primary" is an IP address of the primary name server.
@@ -136,6 +139,16 @@ REVERSE(network, primary-files...)
                You can also use the REV macro explicitly, which can be handy
                for example in SECONDARY declarations.
 
+FORWARDED(zone, ip...)
+               Define a forwarding zone. All queries are forwarded to the
+               specified name servers.
+
+BLACKHOLE(zone)
+               Define an empty zone according to RFC 6303. This is usually done
+               for zones for which clients are known to erroneously ask queries
+               (e.g., reverse resolving of link-local addresses). The contents
+               served for these zones is taken from cf/blackhole.
+
 ZONE_OPTIONS(`options;
        more options;
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