how is a named resolved?

[Mark Whitsett]

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
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