it should not matter. both master and slave servers are capable of being
authoritive (all that ns1/ns2 need to be in this case). it does mean that
you propagation times will be a little higher but if you running bind 8 with
updates turned on it shouldn't be a big deal.
adam.
On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, t s a d i wrote:
> hello all,
>
> with reference to the example bellow; will it matter if
> ns1.secure.net and ns2.secure.net are just slave servers to some other
> DNS server ?
>
> that is, its /etc/named.conf will only contain something like :
>
> zone "cproda.com" {
> type slave;
> file "cproda.com.db";
> masters {
> 123.123.123.123;
> };
> };
>
> of course, the dns server 123.123.123.123 will be a fully working
> master domain server for zone cproda.com.
>
> TIA,
> Chad
>
> =========== this is just an example =============
>
> archangel:~$ whois cproda.com
>
> Whois Server Version 1.1
>
> Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered
> with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
> for detailed information.
>
> Domain Name: CPRODA.COM
> Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
> Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
> Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com
> Name Server: NS1.SECURE.NET
> Name Server: NS2.SECURE.NET
> Updated Date: 08-apr-1999
>
>
> >>> Last update of whois database: Mon, 6 Mar 00 03:21:34 EST <<<
>
> The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .ORG, .EDU domains and
> Registrars.
>
> archangel:~$
>
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