How to disable recursion query on Bind 9?

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Issue

  • Although a dns server is set to lookup domain and server names only in Intranet, when run "nslookup", it can query domain names on Internet because of recusion query on Bind 9. How to disable it?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Bind Version 9

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