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6.1.5. Stub Service

The line for a stub server is similar to a secondary. (This feature is experimental as of 4.9.3.)

stub	Berkeley.Edu	128.32.0.10	128.32.0.4  ucbhosts.bak

The first field specifies that the server is a stub server for the zone stated in the second field.

Stub zones are intended to ensure that a primary for a zone always has the correct NS records for children of that zone. If the primary is not a secondary for a child zone it should be configured with stub zones for all its children. Stub zones provide a mechanism to allow NS records for a zone to be specified in only one place.

primary	CSIRO.AU	csiro.dat
stub	dms.CSIRO.AU	130.155.16.1	dms.stub
stub	dap.CSIRO.AU	130.155.98.1	dap.stub


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