17 May
2000
17 May
'00
6:20 p.m.
Geoff Thompson
I'm not sure if the primary server field is just informational or actually used by the nameserver, but it used to be checked by the old registry system, and also indicated to ns1.waikato.ac.nz as to where to zone-transfer a zone file from.
BIND does actually make use of it when sending notification messages to secondaries. Notifications are sent to all nameservers listed in the NS records for the zone, *except* the nameserver listed as the origin in the SOA. Don't ask how I found this out. 8-) -- don --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog