how is a named resolved?
Mark Whitsett
mwhitset at phybertek.com
Thu Apr 6 18:37:20 UTC 2000
Also,
How do you set a nameserver to iterative or recursion? And if you are really kind,
can you explain the difference?
I understand the concept but the difference is really hard to differentiate..
-Mark Whitsett
Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article <38ECA8D2.5BBEA82A at india.hp.com>,
> Praveen Kumar Amritaluru <praveen at india.hp.com> wrote:
> >Hi Kevin,
> >
> > I was under the impression that nameserver delivered by IISC is
> >recursive server by default. Are the root servers not running BIND on
> >their machines, or they have made it iterative. I checked it locally using
> >three machines, and nameservers seem to work recursively.
> >
> > Please correct me if I am wrong.
>
> The root servers are running BIND, but they have "recursion no;" in their
> options section. So they reply to queries with referrals to more specific
> servers.
>
> --
> Barry Margolin, barmar at bbnplanet.com
> Genuity, Burlington, MA
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