[lug] DNS: Zone File Size

[Stephen Smith]

I do that for the reverse, but have configured
the inverse lookups in the zone for the respective
domain.
The zone for the associated domain that contains the
forward lookup information is the file that has
grown out of hand..

SGS
--- Eric Kilfoil <ekilfoil at viawest.net> wrote:
> 
> You should have a zone configured for each class C. 
> Are you making your
> name servers authoritative for the class B address
> space?
> 
> eric
> 
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Stephen Smith wrote:
> 
> > Hi all..
> >
> > I am seeing very strange activity with a RH 6.2
> > name server.
> >
> > This box is a primary nameserver for approx 1700
> > domains. Most of the database files are very
> small.
> > I have 2 zone files that have just been added,
> each
> > with approx 25 to 30 class Cs defined.
> > When I start named with these files, strange
> things
> > start to happen to lookups.
> > Sometimes no answer for a random host.
> > Sometimes a lookup will append extra, strange
> looking
> > data...
> >
> > Each of these new zones is just over 400k. Most
> others
> > are between 19k and 40k.
> >
> >
> > My question is, should these zones make such a
> > difference? When should one think about using
> > subdomains?
> >
> > Thanks for any help..
> >
> > Stephen
> >
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