What is the recomended site to fullfill all DNS root hints box in windows server 2012 R2? I see a 'copy from server' button below the box, but I have no idea what site can we use to import DNS root hints. Second question; after we fullfill the DNS root hints, should we write forwarders too? Thank you
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This is what my root.hint file says about it:
; This file holds the information on root name servers needed to
; initialize cache of Internet domain name servers
; (e.g. reference this file in the "cache . <file>"
; configuration file of BIND domain name servers).
;
; This file is made available by InterNIC
; under anonymous FTP as
; file /domain/named.cache
; on server FTP.INTERNIC.NET
; -OR- RS.INTERNIC.NET
;
; last update: Jan 3, 2013
; related version of root zone: 2013010300
;
; formerly NS.INTERNIC.NET
I know it is taken from BIND, but the Root DNS are the same. So, download a copy from there and then upload it to your server (in case the download buttons downloads the file from elsewhere).