Primary and Secondary on same machine

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 10:50:46PM +0100, Steve Smith wrote:
> Could you help us settle an argument. We have a client that has asked us to
> set up both the Primary and Secondary nameservers on the same machine.
> We've RTFM'd everywhere and see no way of doing it if desirable. Any input
> would be welcome.
> 
> Steve

(1) You could run them on different virtual IP addresses.

(2) You could run them on different ports.

(3) You could tell the person that the primary and secondary both
respond on the same IP address and the same port, so he can't tell the
difference.  This would be TRUE.


What madness is this?  Why even bother to have an alternate name server
on the same machine?  The whole purpose of having more than one name
server is so that, if one goes down, the other takes over.


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