Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:06:16 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@intranet.com.mx> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Off Topic. DNS, Android. Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206230804080.30629@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <3423267101-1670052078@intranet.com.mx> References: <3423267101-1670052078@intranet.com.mx>
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> a) Normally any Domain name registered has to have 2 Nameservers. Some don't have to. but should. > registry like the one responsible for .ORG requires 2 at least to propagate > the domain. In teh case of .COM that is not a requirement, one nameserver > could work. If for some reason I have 2 of them and one is configured to > point to SERVER A , and the other to SERVER B. Differenet places, same > configuration. Is there any preference over what is PRIMARY NAMESERVER or > SECONDARY NAMESERVER? I mean, Primary is the one used mainly? actually when another DNS server resolve the name it may use any of them. Primary and secondary is mostly term for you - DNS operator. Primary is the way where you type in domain definition file, secondary is the one that fetches the file from primary every time it was modified.
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