To:
dnsop@cafax.se
From:
Bruce Campbell <bruce.campbell@apnic.net>
Date:
Thu, 10 May 2001 09:50:26 +1000 (EST)
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Subject:
Re: Should a nameserver know about itself?
On Wed, 9 May 2001, James Raftery wrote:
> And for IE too. An authoritative nameserver is authoritative for a
> finite set of zones. There is no reason to presume the auth. server's
> own A RR is in one of the zones it's serving.
Right. Now that we've gotten that out of the way, can anyone suggest a
*reliable* test for verifying that a nameserver is responding ( which is
seperate from verifying that a nameserver is authoritatively serving a
given zone )
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Bruce Campbell <bruce.campbell@apnic.net> +61-7-3367-0490
Systems Administrator APNIC