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From: Evren Yurtesen <eyurtese@turkuamk.fi>
To: Dru <genisis@istar.ca>
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Subject: Re: DNS primary secondary question
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actually I wondered when you set for a domain name primary server as
x.x.x.x and secondary server as y.y.y.y then the resolver contacts with
primary server or secondary server or both? I mean the name servers
listed on the whois output...

Evren


On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Dru wrote:

> 
> 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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