[Gllug] DNS

[Jim Bailey]

Hi Paul,

I don't know if this is going to be of help to you but if you are going to 
start messing with DNS you might want to consider these two applications 
Nslint, Zone-file-ch they check your DNS config records for errors.  I 
have only really read the documentation on them so far I don't have to 
start messing with DNS records until later in the week myself, God help 
our network ;-).  BTW they are both .debs but i would imagine that they 
should be available as rpms or source

Peace Jim

On Tuesday, November 13, 2001, at 11:07 AM, Paul Brazier wrote:

> 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)?
>
> --
> Paul Brazier
> Cosmos UK
>
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