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Re: [cobalt-security] root.hints



Quoting Darren Stieben <dstieben@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Does anybody know where the file root.hints resides on a cobalt raq xtr?

Normally, you can find out the location by looking in /etc/named.conf

I expect you might find it in /etc/named/ under the name db.cache.

This is a file which "hints" to the DNS where to find the root servers.

However, I suspect this is off-topic for the security list.  Sorry.

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