DNS and BIND Cookbook by Cricket Liu The unconfirmed error reports are from readers. They have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor and represent solely the opinion of the reader. Here's a key to the markup: [page-number]: serious technical mistake {page-number}: minor technical mistake : important language/formatting problem (page-number): language change or minor formatting problem ?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification This page was updated November 08, 2002. UNCONFIRMED errors and comments from readers: [83] Example for creating a root DNS server; Under "solution" there needs to be a "@" symbol added before IN SOA. If the @ is not in front of the SOA statement, then there needs to be a "." in front of the "IN NS corp1.example.com." in order for the zone file to be read properly.