Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 19:58:08 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: oppermann@pipeline.ch (Andre Oppermann) Cc: jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, isp@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Q] what happens when 1 of N nameservers dies? Message-ID: <199808230258.TAA09700@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <35DECF3E.47E28B0F@pipeline.ch> from Andre Oppermann at "Aug 22, 98 04:01:34 pm"
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thanks to everyone for their responses to my question. its good to see that "things work as they should" :) jmb > > Or yes if that nameserver isn't properly *configured*, but that > depends on how it is screwed up. > > 1. Unreachable (simply no answer, or UDP packet lost) > > No problem, the resolver asks another one (or again). > > 2. No secondary or primary statement (SOA) for that domain > > NS returns 'not authorative', the resolver tries the next one. > > 3. Bogus data in secondary (serial # not incremented after changes) > > This gives clearly problems, because the servers have different > information. Pilot error. > > > does the resolver try one nameserver and if it does not > > receive a response try another? > > Yes. > > -- > Andre > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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