On 12/18/06, Karl R. Balsmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is there a specific way to set a name server so that clients are always *forced* to use an autoritative name server?
Clients can not (or at least, should not) talk directly to authoritative name servers. Clients make their DNS requests with the "recursion desired" bit set, and should only speak to recursive resolvers. Those recursive resolvers make their requests without the recursion desired bit set and speak to authoritative servers, starting with the root servers. Some DNS servers, such as BIND, can run in both roles simultaneously with a single daemon. Others, such as djbdns, run seperate servers for each type of service (tinydns for authoritative, dnscache for a recursive resolver). -- Jon
