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<h1 class="topictitle1">Access external Domain Name System data</h1>
<div><p>When you create Domain Name System (DNS) zone data, your server
will be able to resolve queries to that zone.</p>
<p>Root servers are critical to the function of a DNS server that is directly
connected to the Internet or a large intranet. DNS servers must use root servers
to answer queries about hosts other than those that are contained in their
own domain files.</p>
<p>To reach out for more information, a DNS server has to know where to look.
On the Internet, the first place that a DNS server looks is the root servers.
The root servers direct a DNS server toward other servers in the hierarchy
until an answer is found, or it is determined that there is no answer.</p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">iSeries™ Navigator's
default root servers list</h4><p>You should use Internet root servers only
if you have an Internet connection and you want to resolve names on the Internet
if they are not resolved on your DNS server. A default list of Internet root
server is supplied in iSeries Navigator. The list is current when iSeries Navigator
is released. You can verify that the default list is current by comparing
it to the list on the InterNIC site. Update your configuration's root server
list to keep it current.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Where to get Internet root server addresses</h4><p>The
top-level root server's addresses change from time to time, and it is the
DNS administrator's responsibility to keep them current. InterNIC maintains
a current list of Internet root server addresses. To obtain a current list
of Internet root servers, follow these steps:</p>
<ol><li>Anonymous FTP to the InterNIC server: <samp class="codeph">FTP.RS.INTERNIC.NET</samp></li>
<li>Download this file: <samp class="codeph">/domain/named.root</samp></li>
<li>Store the file in the following directory path: <samp class="codeph">Integrated File
System/Root/QIBM/ProdData/OS400/DNS/ROOT.FILE</samp></li>
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<p>A DNS server behind a firewall might have no root servers defined.
In this case, the DNS server can resolve queries only from entries that exist
in its own primary domain database files, or its cache. It might forward off-site
queries to the firewall DNS. In this case, the firewall DNS server acts as
a forwarder.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Intranet root servers</h4><p>If your DNS server is part
of a large intranet, you might have internal root servers. If your DNS server
will not be accessing the Internet, you do not need to load the default Internet
servers. However, you should add your internal root servers so that your DNS
server can resolve internal addresses outside of its domain.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzakkconfiguring.htm" title="This topic explains how to use iSeries Navigator to configure name servers and to resolve queries outside of your domain.">Configure Domain Name System</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
<div><a href="rzakkconfignamesrvrzone.htm" title="After you configure a Domain Name System (DNS) server instance, you need to configure the zones for the name server.">Configure zones on a name server</a></div>
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