Re: A newbie question: what is SOA for?

From: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard (J.deBoynePollard_at_Tesco.NET)
Date: 12/09/04

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    Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 18:21:52 +0000

    LH> Q2: A DNS server always knows that it is the primary server or a
    LH> secondary server. If it is the primary, it resolves names by looking
    LH> up its dns file.

    This is also the case if it is a secondary.

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    LH> No client specifies its primary and secondary DNS servers by their
    LH> names, rather, by their IP addresses.

    You are conflating "primary/secondary" with "preferred/alternate".

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