Simple Forwarding/caching-only BIND configuration

named.caching-nameserver.conf

//
// named.caching-nameserver.conf
//
// Provided by Red Hat caching-nameserver package to configure the
// ISC BIND named(8) DNS server as a caching only nameserver 
// (as a localhost DNS resolver only). 
//
// See /usr/share/doc/bind*/sample/ for example named configuration files.
//
// DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - use system-config-bind or an editor
// to create named.conf - edits to this file will be lost on 
// caching-nameserver package upgrade.
//
options {
	listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; };
	listen-on-v6 port 53 { ::1; };
	directory 	"/var/named";
	dump-file 	"/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
        statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
        memstatistics-file "/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt";

	// Those options should be used carefully because they disable port
	// randomization
	// query-source    port 53;	
	// query-source-v6 port 53;

	allow-query     { localhost; };
};
logging {
        channel default_debug {
                file "data/named.run";
                severity dynamic;
        };
};
view localhost_resolver {
	match-clients 	   { localhost; };
	match-destinations { localhost; };
	recursion yes;
	include "/etc/named.rfc1912.zones";
};

/etc/named.rfc1912.zones

// named.rfc1912.zones:
//
// Provided by Red Hat caching-nameserver package 
//
// ISC BIND named zone configuration for zones recommended by
// RFC 1912 section 4.1 : localhost TLDs and address zones
// 
// See /usr/share/doc/bind*/sample/ for example named configuration files.
//
zone "." IN {
	type hint;
	file "named.ca";
};

zone "localdomain" IN {
	type master;
	file "localdomain.zone";
	allow-update { none; };
};

zone "localhost" IN {
	type master;
	file "localhost.zone";
	allow-update { none; };
};

zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" IN {
	type master;
	file "named.local";
	allow-update { none; };
};

zone "0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa" IN {
        type master;
	file "named.ip6.local";
	allow-update { none; };
};

zone "255.in-addr.arpa" IN {
	type master;
	file "named.broadcast";
	allow-update { none; };
};

zone "0.in-addr.arpa" IN {
	type master;
	file "named.zero";
	allow-update { none; };
};