Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:12:20 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how to know what DNS server is being used Message-ID: <17731.22324.706536.159980@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <2B8A4ACE-ACE3-44D0-B40B-26D96D43A4E8@shire.net> References: <20061028025626.GA39172@skytracker.ca> <2B8A4ACE-ACE3-44D0-B40B-26D96D43A4E8@shire.net>
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Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC writes: > > On my registrars site I have two DNS servers listing. How would > > I know that 1) both are working. 2) which one is being used. > > For #2, do you mean by the world at large? Which one is being > used when people look up your domain and hosts in your domain? > Both of them should get used. I don't know what algorithm is > used but both will be used by people. As I understand it, when presented with a list of N>1 possible nameservers standard resolver libraries will pick one at random and continue to use it until something changes (nameserver goes off-line, local cache is flushed, etc.). Robert Huff
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