Explanation of Primary/Secondary and Mas

Joseph S D Yao jsdy at cospo.osis.gov
Wed Aug 23 19:48:12 UTC 2000


On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 11:28:04AM +0100, hermann.strassner at hama.de wrote:
> i did not understand the difference between primary/secondary and=20=
> master/slave after reading the article in "DNS and BIND"=2E Does it really=20=
> mean the same or is there a difference?
> 
> Hermann Stra=DFner
> Netzwerkmanagement EDV
> Hama GmbH & Co=2E=20=

Primary / secondary were the old terms for what is now called master /
slave.  They mean the same.  To the querier, though, they mean nothing.

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