Thanks for all your advice; you are right!

I'll let the registrar do what they are already being paid to do.

I really appreciate your guidance, jackc...

On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 2:28 PM Ed Greshko <ed.gres...@greshko.com> wrote:

> On 08/06/2021 02:10, Mike Wright wrote:
> > Perhaps a lot of the confusion comes from the dual uses of the term:
> >
> >   primary in search order (which is random)
> >   primary source for zone data (which is fixed by an SOA)
> >
> > To make matters more confusing there are more complex setups where the
> zone masters are also clients making them both primary and secondary.
>
> I would state that somewhat differently.  (And while, yes, violating my
> goal of not introducing tangents
> in threads seeking answers.)
>
> I would say that confusion arises when terms are used interchangeably when
> they shouldn't be.  This
> often happens when the meaning of the terms are understood based on
> context.  The confusion can
> be worse when the individual with different subject matter knowledge are
> involved in the conversation.
>
> Anyway, I feel it would be helpful to use terms in a more consistent and
> "proper" manner.
>
> primary/secondary should be used when discussing name resolution. The "old
> school" way of thinking
> about this would be the order in which DNS servers are listed in
> /etc/resolv.conf.  The first entry being
> primary with subsequent entries being secondary.
>
> master/slave should be used when speaking of the data held in DNS
> servers.  That would coincide with
> the terms used in, for example, the "zone type" declaration within the
> named.conf file of bind.
>
> --
> Remind me to ignore comments which aren't germane to the thread.
>
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