[rbldnsd] Newbie questions

[Phoenix Kiula]

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Skull <skull at skullkrusher.net> wrote:

[snip]

> It means: instead of looking up "multi.surbl.org" through the DNS
> delegation tree, just ask (forward queries to) 127.0.0.1 on port 750.
> If it does not answer, ask the usual way (this is the meaning of
> "forward first").


OK, about this one. Doesn't having the following in "/etc/resolv.conf"
do exactly the same thing?


  nameserver 127.0.0.1
  nameserver 8.8.8.8    #--> Google's Public DNS


This would make sure that any external DNS calls are first looked at
in the local cache from BIND, which is on 127.0.0.1, and if nothing is
found, then go out to query via Google's public DNS.

Or am I misunderstanding this, and rbldnsd actually provides something
additional to this?

Many thanks for your patient replies. I am not a geek, but I can
configure+make+make install and follow such instructions.

Thanks!