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7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User — Internet domain name server
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User [<code class="option">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>config-file</code></em></code>]
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User [<code class="option">-d <em class="replaceable"><code>debug-level</code></em></code>]
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User [<code class="option">-D <em class="replaceable"><code>string</code></em></code>]
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User [<code class="option">-E <em class="replaceable"><code>engine-name</code></em></code>]
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User [<code class="option">-L <em class="replaceable"><code>logfile</code></em></code>]
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User [<code class="option">-M <em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em></code>]
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User [<code class="option">-m <em class="replaceable"><code>flag</code></em></code>]
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User [<code class="option">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>#cpus</code></em></code>]
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User [<code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code>]
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User [<code class="option">-S <em class="replaceable"><code>#max-socks</code></em></code>]
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User [<code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code>]
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User [<code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>#listeners</code></em></code>]
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User [<code class="option">-u <em class="replaceable"><code>user</code></em></code>]
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User [<code class="option">-X <em class="replaceable"><code>lock-file</code></em></code>]
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User [<code class="option">-x <em class="replaceable"><code>cache-file</code></em></code>]
7e71f05d8643aca84914437c900cb716444507e4Tinderbox User<a name="id-1.14.19.7"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User <p><span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span>
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews is a Domain Name System (DNS) server,
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews part of the BIND 9 distribution from ISC. For more
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews information on the DNS, see RFCs 1033, 1034, and 1035.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt When invoked without arguments, <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span>
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews read the default configuration file
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>, read any initial
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews data, and listen for queries.
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User <div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews Use IPv4 only even if the host machine is capable of IPv6.
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews <code class="option">-4</code> and <code class="option">-6</code> are mutually
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews Use IPv6 only even if the host machine is capable of IPv4.
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews <code class="option">-4</code> and <code class="option">-6</code> are mutually
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews<dt><span class="term">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>config-file</code></em></span></dt>
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews Use <em class="replaceable"><code>config-file</code></em> as the
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews configuration file instead of the default,
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>. To
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews ensure that reloading the configuration file continues
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews to work after the server has changed its working
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews directory due to to a possible
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews <code class="option">directory</code> option in the configuration
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews file, <em class="replaceable"><code>config-file</code></em> should be
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews an absolute pathname.
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews<dt><span class="term">-d <em class="replaceable"><code>debug-level</code></em></span></dt>
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews Set the daemon's debug level to <em class="replaceable"><code>debug-level</code></em>.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt Debugging traces from <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> become
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews more verbose as the debug level increases.
91a45a8ad51e9167e674ac5ed9b4c9eb3e7faea6Tinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-D <em class="replaceable"><code>string</code></em></span></dt>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt Specifies a string that is used to identify a instance of
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> in a process listing. The contents
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt of <em class="replaceable"><code>string</code></em> are
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt not examined.
8ec3c085233cedb22b05da36e2773c8f357a7e45Automatic Updater<dt><span class="term">-E <em class="replaceable"><code>engine-name</code></em></span></dt>
6ea2385360e9e2167e65f9286447da9eea189457Tinderbox User When applicable, specifies the hardware to use for
6ea2385360e9e2167e65f9286447da9eea189457Tinderbox User cryptographic operations, such as a secure key store used
6ea2385360e9e2167e65f9286447da9eea189457Tinderbox User When BIND is built with OpenSSL PKCS#11 support, this defaults
6ea2385360e9e2167e65f9286447da9eea189457Tinderbox User to the string "pkcs11", which identifies an OpenSSL engine
6ea2385360e9e2167e65f9286447da9eea189457Tinderbox User that can drive a cryptographic accelerator or hardware service
6ea2385360e9e2167e65f9286447da9eea189457Tinderbox User module. When BIND is built with native PKCS#11 cryptography
6ea2385360e9e2167e65f9286447da9eea189457Tinderbox User (--enable-native-pkcs11), it defaults to the path of the PKCS#11
6ea2385360e9e2167e65f9286447da9eea189457Tinderbox User provider library specified via "--with-pkcs11".
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews Run the server in the foreground (i.e. do not daemonize).
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews Run the server in the foreground and force all logging
e68c527dff2f1f7df2a542f8d6f9181a27e05eb7Tinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-L <em class="replaceable"><code>logfile</code></em></span></dt>
e68c527dff2f1f7df2a542f8d6f9181a27e05eb7Tinderbox User Log to the file <code class="option">logfile</code> by default
e68c527dff2f1f7df2a542f8d6f9181a27e05eb7Tinderbox User instead of the system log.
0eea9763d88e3edf9b6de585f7cfbb08de977124Tinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-M <em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em></span></dt>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt Sets the default memory context options. Currently
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt the only supported option is
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt <em class="replaceable"><code>external</code></em>,
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt which causes the internal memory manager to be bypassed
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt in favor of system-provided memory allocation functions.
a1b05dea35aa30b152a47115e18bbe679d3fcf19Mark Andrews<dt><span class="term">-m <em class="replaceable"><code>flag</code></em></span></dt>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt Turn on memory usage debugging flags. Possible flags are
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt <em class="replaceable"><code>size</code></em>, and
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt These correspond to the ISC_MEM_DEBUGXXXX flags described in
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>#cpus</code></em></span></dt>
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews Create <em class="replaceable"><code>#cpus</code></em> worker threads
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews to take advantage of multiple CPUs. If not specified,
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> will try to determine the
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews number of CPUs present and create one thread per CPU.
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews If it is unable to determine the number of CPUs, a
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews single worker thread will be created.
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews<dt><span class="term">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></span></dt>
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews Listen for queries on port <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em>. If not
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews specified, the default is port 53.
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews Write memory usage statistics to <code class="filename">stdout</code> on exit.
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews This option is mainly of interest to BIND 9 developers
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews and may be removed or changed in a future release.
c4d99a62407cebca29653666ae11f87e4f56ebbcAutomatic Updater<dt><span class="term">-S <em class="replaceable"><code>#max-socks</code></em></span></dt>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt Allow <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> to use up to
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt <em class="replaceable"><code>#max-socks</code></em> sockets.
0e1dece22e128f9dfa723316a35c4b3f06912381Tinderbox User The default value is 4096 on systems built with default
0e1dece22e128f9dfa723316a35c4b3f06912381Tinderbox User configuration options, and 21000 on systems built with
0e1dece22e128f9dfa723316a35c4b3f06912381Tinderbox User "configure --with-tuning=large".
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User <div class="warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
c4d99a62407cebca29653666ae11f87e4f56ebbcAutomatic Updater This option should be unnecessary for the vast majority
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt The use of this option could even be harmful because the
c4d99a62407cebca29653666ae11f87e4f56ebbcAutomatic Updater specified value may exceed the limitation of the
c4d99a62407cebca29653666ae11f87e4f56ebbcAutomatic Updater underlying system API.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt It is therefore set only when the default configuration
c4d99a62407cebca29653666ae11f87e4f56ebbcAutomatic Updater causes exhaustion of file descriptors and the
c4d99a62407cebca29653666ae11f87e4f56ebbcAutomatic Updater operational environment is known to support the
c4d99a62407cebca29653666ae11f87e4f56ebbcAutomatic Updater specified number of sockets.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt Note also that the actual maximum number is normally a little
c4d99a62407cebca29653666ae11f87e4f56ebbcAutomatic Updater fewer than the specified value because
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> reserves some file descriptors
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt for its internal use.
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt to <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em> after
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews processing the command line arguments, but before
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews reading the configuration file.
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User <div class="warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews This option should be used in conjunction with the
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews <code class="option">-u</code> option, as chrooting a process
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews running as root doesn't enhance security on most
d71e2e0c61df16ff37c9934c371a4a60c08974f7Mark Andrews systems; the way <code class="function">chroot(2)</code> is
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews defined allows a process with root privileges to
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews escape a chroot jail.
2a1d6afad5c725cbc796c10f1d2b9041eda9f077Automatic Updater<dt><span class="term">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>#listeners</code></em></span></dt>
2a1d6afad5c725cbc796c10f1d2b9041eda9f077Automatic Updater Use <em class="replaceable"><code>#listeners</code></em>
2a1d6afad5c725cbc796c10f1d2b9041eda9f077Automatic Updater worker threads to listen for incoming UDP packets on each
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt address. If not specified, <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> will
0e1dece22e128f9dfa723316a35c4b3f06912381Tinderbox User calculate a default value based on the number of detected
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt CPUs: 1 for 1 CPU, and the number of detected CPUs
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt minus one for machines with more than 1 CPU. This cannot
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt be increased to a value higher than the number of CPUs.
0e1dece22e128f9dfa723316a35c4b3f06912381Tinderbox User If <code class="option">-n</code> has been set to a higher value than
0e1dece22e128f9dfa723316a35c4b3f06912381Tinderbox User the number of detected CPUs, then <code class="option">-U</code> may
0e1dece22e128f9dfa723316a35c4b3f06912381Tinderbox User be increased as high as that value, but no higher.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt On Windows, the number of UDP listeners is hardwired to 1
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt and this option has no effect.
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews<dt><span class="term">-u <em class="replaceable"><code>user</code></em></span></dt>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt to <em class="replaceable"><code>user</code></em> after completing
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews privileged operations, such as creating sockets that
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews listen on privileged ports.
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt On Linux, <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> uses the kernel's
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt capability mechanism to drop all root privileges
d71e2e0c61df16ff37c9934c371a4a60c08974f7Mark Andrews except the ability to <code class="function">bind(2)</code> to
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews privileged port and set process resource limits.
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews Unfortunately, this means that the <code class="option">-u</code>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt option only works when <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> is
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews on kernel 2.2.18 or later, or kernel 2.3.99-pre3 or
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews later, since previous kernels did not allow privileges
d71e2e0c61df16ff37c9934c371a4a60c08974f7Mark Andrews to be retained after <code class="function">setuid(2)</code>.
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews Report the version number and exit.
824f38c0310fddef55f0f691580154022a7852f5Automatic Updater Report the version number and build options, and exit.
d5ece58e3bb75eb2dff7802f5ce9904dc4dce05fTinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-X <em class="replaceable"><code>lock-file</code></em></span></dt>
d5ece58e3bb75eb2dff7802f5ce9904dc4dce05fTinderbox User Acquire a lock on the specified file at runtime; this
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt helps to prevent duplicate <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> instances
947d37484ed01966a9e89dd27f62c1b427324dc2Tinderbox User from running simultaneously.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt Use of this option overrides the <span class="command"><strong>lock-file</strong></span>
947d37484ed01966a9e89dd27f62c1b427324dc2Tinderbox User option in <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
947d37484ed01966a9e89dd27f62c1b427324dc2Tinderbox User If set to <code class="literal">none</code>, the lock file check
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews<dt><span class="term">-x <em class="replaceable"><code>cache-file</code></em></span></dt>
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews Load data from <em class="replaceable"><code>cache-file</code></em> into the
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews cache of the default view.
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User <div class="warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews This option must not be used. It is only of interest
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews to BIND 9 developers and may be removed or changed in a
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews future release.
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews In routine operation, signals should not be used to control
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt the nameserver; <span class="command"><strong>rndc</strong></span> should be used
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User <div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews Force a reload of the server.
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews<dt><span class="term">SIGINT, SIGTERM</span></dt>
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews Shut down the server.
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews The result of sending any other signals to the server is undefined.
7e71f05d8643aca84914437c900cb716444507e4Tinderbox User<a name="id-1.14.19.10"></a><h2>CONFIGURATION</h2>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt The <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> configuration file is too complex
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews to describe in detail here. A complete description is provided
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> inherits the <code class="function">umask</code>
a9a054302dd8a52fa9023cc98cc565e9c0008527Automatic Updater (file creation mode mask) from the parent process. If files
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt created by <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span>, such as journal files,
a9a054302dd8a52fa9023cc98cc565e9c0008527Automatic Updater need to have custom permissions, the <code class="function">umask</code>
a9a054302dd8a52fa9023cc98cc565e9c0008527Automatic Updater should be set explicitly in the script used to start the
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> process.
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User <div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews<dt><span class="term"><code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code></span></dt>
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews The default configuration file.
18fa75b694d056da4be3ebfc2185d007d4882752Automatic Updater<dt><span class="term"><code class="filename">/var/run/named/named.pid</code></span></dt>
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews The default process-id file.
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User <span class="refentrytitle">named-checkconf</span>
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User <span class="refentrytitle">named-checkzone</span>
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User <span class="refentrytitle">named.conf</span>
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
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