NS record for the @ entry
Edmund
c990077 at hk.china.com
Fri Aug 20 04:28:23 UTC 1999
Thanks. Can it be possible that the NS record for the SOA is not pointing
to the local machine ??
marka at isc.org wrote:
> > Does anyone know why there must be a NS record for the @ entry ?
> > As my understanding, the NS record is pointing to the local machine
> > and it is the local machine the SOA for this zone, so why is the NS
> > record still necessary for the @ entry ???
>
> Because that is the definition of a zone. All zones contain
> a SOA record and a NS RRset at the top of a zone. NS records
> in parent zones are supposed to be *copies* of the child zones
> NS records.
>
> Mark
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