I always thought of "primary" and "secondary" as the "old" terms used in
the BIND 4 manual, with "master" and "slave" as the new terms in the BIND 8
or 9 manuals.
For cultural reasons, I can see why some prefer primary/secondary.
master/slave is probably more accurate, and widely used in other
replication technologies.
Actually, a server can be 'master' for one zone, and 'slave' for another,
so it is zones and not servers that have the master/slave distinction.
Sorry to stir the pot.
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Bob Harold
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On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Patrik Fältström <p...@frobbit.se> wrote:
>
> > On 2 apr 2015, at 21:51, Paul Hoffman <paul.hoff...@vpnc.org> wrote:
> >
> > Given this thread, I propose the following for the draft:
>
> Well, I would change things around so that it is more clear primary and
> secondary are the terms to use today, like:
>
> Primary servers and secondary servers --- These where historically named
> "master server" and "slave server", which were the terms used in the early
> DNS RFCs. The current common usage has shifted to "primary" and "secondary".
>
> Secondary server --- An authoritative server which uses zone transfer to
> retrieve the zone. (See {{RFC1996}}, section 2.1) {{RFC2182}} where
> secondary (slave) servers are described in detail.
>
> Primary --- Any authoritative server configured to be the source of zone
> transfer for one or more secondary servers. (See {{RFC1996}}, section 2.1)
> {{RFC2136}} where "primary" (master) servers are described as "an
> authoritative server configured to be the source of AXFR or IXFR data for
> one or more slave servers".
>
> It should be noted that both of these are roles. For example, a server
> that is secondary can also act as a primary server for another secondary
> server.
>
> Patrik
>
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