SV: SV: primary&secondary
Johnny Damtoft
JOD at sonofon.dk
Wed Jul 19 09:24:43 UTC 2000
Hi Jim :)
I know...
the question was: is it posible to run a master and a slave on the same
server.. And yes it is, but it would not work right.
Med venlig hilsen / Best regards
Johnny Damtoft - jod at sonofon.dk
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> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: Jim Reid [SMTP:jim at rfc1035.com]
> Sendt: 19. juli 2000 11:20
> Til: Johnny Damtoft
> Cc: Sumith Ail; bind-users at isc.org
> Emne: Re: SV: primary&secondary
>
> >>>>> "Johnny" == Johnny Damtoft <JOD at sonofon.dk> writes:
> >> Well.. I wanna know if its possible to run the primary and
> >> slave name servers on a single linux box.
>
> No. And even if you could, you'd be completely missing the point.
> Running two or more name servers eliminates a single point of failure.
> What happens to your DNS data if its only name server dies or becomes
> unreachable from the rest of the net?
>
> Johnny> It is posible, but not good. (One goes on port 53, and
> Johnny> the other on what ever a port you like)
>
> This is just wrong. If a name server used some arbirary non-standard
> port number for incoming queries, how would the rest or the world know
> which port number to send their queries to.
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