centos-bounces at centos.org <> scribbled on Friday, August 19, 2005 11:42 AM: > On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 10:54:05AM -0500, Mike Kercher wrote: >>> Setup your server to be authoritative for root (.) and > serve up a *. >>> A record in there. Some of the alternate root network sites (ie. >>> OpenNIC) have instructions for setting up BIND to be > authoritative >>> for . >> >> Thanks Alan. I'm googling now. If you have a link, I'd > appreciate it >> :) >> > > Something like: > > zone "." in > { > type master; > file "root.zone"; > }; > > ... instead of the type hint section for . > > It's been a long time since I used BIND, so this is just a suggestion. That worked perfectly. If I nslookup anything, it all resolves to the same 192.168.x.x address. This is what the root.db looks like" $TTL 86400 @ IN SOA @ root ( 42 ; serial (d. adams) 3H ; refresh 15M ; retry 1W ; expiry 1D ) ; minimum IN NS @ *. IN A 192.168.100.50 Thanks for the help! Mike