forward zones aren't zones and shouldn't be configured as if they were
"zones" of type forward
aren't zones and aren't treated like zones internally, but because they are called "zones" and configured with a zone
statement many people are confused when they can't use them with features like catalog zones or rndc addzone
.
The configuration block declaring them should be renamed to forward
or something else unambiguous.
Alternatively, all of the things that operates on zones and can't handle a forward "zone" should be fixed so that they can.