NS record for the @ entry

[Michael Voight]

What do you mean the NS record for the SOA.
The SOA and NS record are 2 different things.

There is no requirement for you to have an NS record for the primary
server. You may not want to advertise that machine as a nameserver.

Michael

Edmund wrote:
> 
> 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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