Removed ROOTHINT()

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 834a3fa962fc0161d219f3e4999c32316a41c356..c375d1d53629f9f60a89522dfd436aea15e88e3f 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ Version 5.0  [2019-01-30]
   to the previous default settings which hopefully nobody ever needed
   to change.
 
   to the previous default settings which hopefully nobody ever needed
   to change.
 

+  Also, ROOTHINT() became obsolete as BIND packages now regularly come
+  with a well updated root hint file. Please set up the root hints in
+  the master bind configuration file before you include named.conf
+  generated by NSC.
+

 Version 4.0  [2011-10-22]
 
   This version brings several incompatible changes with a common
 Version 4.0  [2011-10-22]
 
   This version brings several incompatible changes with a common

diff --git a/README b/README
index 078ead9a430185d1b270be2e9fe94715aa0b8b57..57379a16960ace7077c20d19a769c017b9f5222f 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-WARNING: There were several incompatible changes between versions 3.1 and 4.0.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+WARNING: There were several incompatible changes between major versions

          See NEWS for the summary of changes.
          See NEWS for the summary of changes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------

 
 
    NSC is a set of shell and M4 scripts for easy maintenance of DNS zone files
 
 
    NSC is a set of shell and M4 scripts for easy maintenance of DNS zone files


@@ -152,13 +152,6 @@ REVERSE(network, primary-files...)
                You can also use the REV macro explicitly, which can be handy
                for example in SECONDARY declarations.
 
                You can also use the REV macro explicitly, which can be handy
                for example in SECONDARY declarations.
 

-ROOTHINT()
-               Insert a definition of hints for reaching root servers into named.conf.
-               This is necessary if you want your DNS server to resolve foreign
-               domains; otherwise, it will only give out authoritative answers
-               for locally defined zones and forward queries. The location of the
-               file with the hints can be set by the ROOTCACHE directive (see below).
-

 FORWARDED(zone, ip...)
                Define a forwarding zone. All queries are forwarded to the
                specified name servers.
 FORWARDED(zone, ip...)
                Define a forwarding zone. All queries are forwarded to the
                specified name servers.


@@ -352,7 +345,6 @@ NAMED_RESTART_CMD   Shell command for restarting the name server daemon
                        (default: rndc reload)
 
 CFDIR                  Directory with config files (default: cf)
                        (default: rndc reload)
 
 CFDIR                  Directory with config files (default: cf)

-ROOTCACHE              File with the cache of root name servers

 
 REFRESH                        SOA record parameters
 RETRY
 
 REFRESH                        SOA record parameters
 RETRY

diff --git a/cf.dist/domains b/cf.dist/domains
index d9ac601771178fc3ededbaf98f5999a7385115ec..0cd2dccd443b309fefe905a85e6fafa57cb91ff0 100644 (file)
--- a/cf.dist/domains
+++ b/cf.dist/domains
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 ; An example domain table for the NSC
 
 ; An example domain table for the NSC
 

-; Hints how to find root servers
-ROOTHINT()
-

 ; Various mandatory things required by RFC 1912, section 4.1
 PRIMARY(localhost)
 REVERSE(127.0.0, localhost)
 ; Various mandatory things required by RFC 1912, section 4.1
 PRIMARY(localhost)
 REVERSE(127.0.0, localhost)

diff --git a/m4/dnslib.m4 b/m4/dnslib.m4
index 5b07cfe0bf82b0db97d25fcb89301e08b7a4bf27..414aa65c9121d08b69fe50bc0ae958dbd9a88f4a 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/dnslib.m4
+++ b/m4/dnslib.m4
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ define(`NAMED_RESTART_CMD', `rndc reload')
 
 define(`CFDIR', `cf')
 define(`VERSDIR', `ver')
 
 define(`CFDIR', `cf')
 define(`VERSDIR', `ver')

-define(`ROOTCACHE', `root.cache')

 
 define(`REFRESH', HOURS(8))
 define(`RETRY', HOURS(2))
 
 define(`REFRESH', HOURS(8))
 define(`RETRY', HOURS(2))

diff --git a/m4/mkconf.m4 b/m4/mkconf.m4
index f784e44cad91995d9380692094032a98da4fb903..befb3066acbc65ff0e1cea69e2c49a965325e330 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/mkconf.m4
+++ b/m4/mkconf.m4
@@ -48,15 +48,6 @@ define(`BLACKHOLE', `divert(0)zone "$1" in {
 
 divert(-1)')
 
 
 divert(-1)')
 

-# Root hint zone
-
-define(`ROOTHINT', `divert(0)zone "." in {
-       type hint;
-       file "ROOTCACHE";
-};
-
-divert(-1)')
-

 # Manual insertion of config file material
 
 define(`CONFIG', `divert(0)$1
 # Manual insertion of config file material
 
 define(`CONFIG', `divert(0)$1

diff --git a/m4/mkmf.m4 b/m4/mkmf.m4
index 29c8fd548639bff4a41b13653c0fe39a764ec135..07340616744acf7834051a8e2ec2c6a568f1a911 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/mkmf.m4
+++ b/m4/mkmf.m4
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ define(`nsc_cleanup', `
 ifdef(`NEED_BLACKHOLE', `PRIMARY(blackhole)')
 
 divert(0)dnl
 ifdef(`NEED_BLACKHOLE', `PRIMARY(blackhole)')
 
 divert(0)dnl

-ver/.version: CFDIR/domains ROOTCACHE`'PRIMARIES`'ifdef(`NEED_BLACKHOLE',` zone/blackhole')
+ver/.version: CFDIR/domains`'PRIMARIES`'ifdef(`NEED_BLACKHOLE',` zone/blackhole')

        NAMED_RESTART_CMD
        touch ver/.version
 
        NAMED_RESTART_CMD
        touch ver/.version
 

diff --git a/m4/mkshell-env.m4 b/m4/mkshell-env.m4
index 1d02f7343a46dcc2048795bf54a480f0d47a34e2..262fd8cd7ac52be7ebabc5aaa937884d4701dcbc 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/mkshell-env.m4
+++ b/m4/mkshell-env.m4
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ dnl ###
 include(m4/dnslib.m4)
 divert(0)dnl
 `CFDIR'=CFDIR
 include(m4/dnslib.m4)
 divert(0)dnl
 `CFDIR'=CFDIR

-`ROOTCACHE'=ROOTCACHE

 `M4'=M4
 `KEYGEN_OPTIONS'="KEYGEN_OPTIONS"
 `SIGNZONE_OPTIONS'="SIGNZONE_OPTIONS"
 `M4'=M4
 `KEYGEN_OPTIONS'="KEYGEN_OPTIONS"
 `SIGNZONE_OPTIONS'="SIGNZONE_OPTIONS"

diff --git a/root.cache b/root.cache
deleted file mode 100644 (file)
index d081faa..0000000
--- a/root.cache
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-;       This file holds the information on root name servers needed to
-;       initialize cache of Internet domain name servers
-;       (e.g. reference this file in the "cache  .  <file>"
-;       configuration file of BIND domain name servers).
-;
-;       This file is made available by InterNIC 
-;       under anonymous FTP as
-;           file                /domain/named.cache
-;           on server           FTP.INTERNIC.NET
-;       -OR-                    RS.INTERNIC.NET
-;
-;       last update:    Jun 17, 2010
-;       related version of root zone:   2010061700
-;
-; formerly NS.INTERNIC.NET
-;
-.                        3600000  IN  NS    A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
-A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     198.41.0.4
-A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      AAAA  2001:503:BA3E::2:30
-;
-; FORMERLY NS1.ISI.EDU
-;
-.                        3600000      NS    B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
-B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.228.79.201
-;
-; FORMERLY C.PSI.NET
-;
-.                        3600000      NS    C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
-C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.33.4.12
-;
-; FORMERLY TERP.UMD.EDU
-;
-.                        3600000      NS    D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
-D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     128.8.10.90
-;
-; FORMERLY NS.NASA.GOV
-;
-.                        3600000      NS    E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
-E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.203.230.10
-;
-; FORMERLY NS.ISC.ORG
-;
-.                        3600000      NS    F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
-F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.5.5.241
-F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      AAAA  2001:500:2F::F
-;
-; FORMERLY NS.NIC.DDN.MIL
-;
-.                        3600000      NS    G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
-G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.112.36.4
-;
-; FORMERLY AOS.ARL.ARMY.MIL
-;
-.                        3600000      NS    H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
-H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     128.63.2.53
-H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      AAAA  2001:500:1::803F:235
-;
-; FORMERLY NIC.NORDU.NET
-;
-.                        3600000      NS    I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
-I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.36.148.17
-I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      AAAA  2001:7FE::53
-;
-; OPERATED BY VERISIGN, INC.
-;
-.                        3600000      NS    J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
-J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.58.128.30
-J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      AAAA  2001:503:C27::2:30
-;
-; OPERATED BY RIPE NCC
-;
-.                        3600000      NS    K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
-K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     193.0.14.129
-K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      AAAA  2001:7FD::1
-;
-; OPERATED BY ICANN
-;
-.                        3600000      NS    L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
-L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     199.7.83.42
-L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      AAAA  2001:500:3::42
-;
-; OPERATED BY WIDE
-;
-.                        3600000      NS    M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
-M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     202.12.27.33
-M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      AAAA  2001:DC3::35
-; End of File