Shumon Huque <shu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> In light of the self contradictory text in RFC 2308,

I don't think it is self-contradictory; it just has a slightly weird
definition. (Maybe this draft should note that where RFC 2308 says
"forwarder" it actually means "recursive server used by a forwarder". The
"forwarders" configuration in BIND is similar.)

> Personally, I prefer a definition that says that a forwarder is an entity
> that forwards DNS queries to another system for resolution rather than
> directly querying the authoritative DNS hierarchy.

Yes, that's the more usual meaning.

Tony.
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