How do I obtain a new root.cache / root.hints file?

Posted by Admin on 2014-09-19 13:48:52:

How to obtain a new root.cache / root.hints file

Download via ftp:

wget -O named.cache ftp://ftp.internic.net/domain/named.cache

Or:

Use dig to download records from root server.

dig @198.41.0.4 > root.cache

Note: You can pass -4 for ipv4 records only and -6 for ipv6 records only.

Tags: DNS , Bind , Linux

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