/etc/resolv.conf
Joseph S D Yao
jsdy at center.osis.gov
Wed Jun 23 15:32:44 UTC 2004
On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 08:01:13PM -0400, Kevin Darcy wrote:
> Well, it "has" the root zone only in the sense that it knows where the
> root servers are from the results of its priming query, just as it
> learns and knows referral information from subsequent queries.
> Personally, I wouldn't refer to that as "having" the zone, which I would
> reserve for describing authoritativeness. Also, I'm not sure what
> relevance your statement has to the original poster's question.
Your phrasing of the first part is of course better. In a sense, it is
delegating the root zone to whoever its root servers are [normally
those on the public Internet, but perhaps not]. It is normally not
itself authoritative for the root zone.
I had thought the statement was the answer to the OP's actual question
[as opposed to the /etc/resolv.conf red herring].
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Joe Yao jsdy at center.osis.gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
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