[Gllug] DNS

[Paul Brazier]

I've been reading up on DNS but I don't understand this:

In the DNS Howto it gives a sample "root.hints" file that lists the root
nameservers. They are named A to M but listed in a strange order. I
thought the order didn't matter, so wouldn't it make more sense to have
them in alphabetical order, then it would be clearer to see if one was
accidently missing.

Or am I missing something here?

When I resolve a domain name does it select one of these root
nameservers at random which then sends the request on to a second level
nameserver (if one exists for that domain)?

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Paul Brazier
Cosmos UK 


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