Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 08:41:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Dru <genisis@istar.ca> To: Evren Yurtesen <eyurtese@turkuamk.fi> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DNS primary secondary question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104040839450.19740-100000@istar.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.A41.4.10.10104041448120.9122-100000@bessel.tekniikka.turkuamk.fi>
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Hi Evren,
from "man 5 resolver":
nameserver Internet address (in dot notation) of a name server that the
resolver should query. Up to MAXNS (currently 3) name
servers may be listed, one per keyword. If there are multi-
ple servers, the resolver library queries them in the order
listed. If no nameserver entries are present, the default is
to use the name server on the local machine. (The algorithm
used is to try a name server, and if the query times out, try
the next, until out of name servers, then repeat trying all
the name servers until a maximum number of retries are made).
Dru
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Evren Yurtesen wrote:
> 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
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> On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Dru wrote:
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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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