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Chapter 9. Resolvers and Programming > Introduction
9.1. Introduction
Resolvers are considerably easier to configure than name servers. A BIND resolver supports just a few configuration directives:
domain
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Sets the resolver’s local domain name
search
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Sets the resolver’s search list and, implicitly, the local domain name
nameserver
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Configures the resolver to query a remote name server
sortlist
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Configures the resolver to sort certain A records to the beginning of responses
options
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Controls miscellaneous aspects of the resolver’s configuration, such as timeouts
