DNS and Bind Recrusion page 39 (3rd edition)

[Edmund]

Since it's concerning recursion query, I've a question regarding local
name server recursion query to a Root name server.  If a local name
server got a timeout error when querying a Root name server, it will
usually return the same error to its client.  Is there any way to avoid this
error and will the local name server query another Root name server
next time instead of the previous timeout Root name server ?


Cricket Liu wrote:

> Boy, you guys can't cite text to save your own lives, can you?
>
> But I now think I've pieced together what you mean.  The paragraph before
> the "Mapping Addresses to Names" section, which begins, "A resolver queries
> a local name server..." could be clearer.  If it began:
>
> "A resolver sends a recursive query to a local name server, which then sends
> iterative queries to a number of other name servers in pursuit of an answer
> for the resolver."
>
> it would be clearer.  Do you agree?
>
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