DNS debate

[Barry Margolin]

In article <9m0ir7$5hc at pub3.rc.vix.com>, JT <VGPQKSRSKVIS at spammotel.com> wrote:
>Nope, if I understand the question right, he's wrong and his friends are
>right.
>
>The IP addresses of the authoratative nameservers are carried along with
>the domain registration. The registrar who handles your domain will tell
>the root nameservers the names AND IP ADDRESSES of your authoratative
>nameservers. Thus, if you want to change the IP address of one of your
>nameservers, change it at your registrar, not with Network Solutions.

But what if two different registrars have host records for the same
nameserver, but they have different IPs?  Only one glue record will be
installed on the GTLD servers -- do you know how it decides which?

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
Genuity, Woburn, MA
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