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Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 07:47:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Dru <genisis@istar.ca>
To: Evren Yurtesen <eyurtese@turkuamk.fi>
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Subject: Re: DNS primary secondary question
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Hi Evren

Try "man 5 resolver".

HTH,

Dru


On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Evren Yurtesen wrote:

> I wonder how does resolvers lookup dns names.
> Do they check primary and secondary randomly or they check secondary only
> if they can't reach the primary server? or does it work so the fastest one
> which answer is chosen? Anybody has an idea?
> Thanks
> Evren
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