Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 14:49:43 +0300 (WET) From: Evren Yurtesen <eyurtese@turkuamk.fi> To: Dru <genisis@istar.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DNS primary secondary question Message-ID: <Pine.A41.4.10.10104041448120.9122-100000@bessel.tekniikka.turkuamk.fi> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104040746060.19556-100000@istar.ca>
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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 > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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