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AuthoritativeNameServer version 4, including all changes.
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A NameServer that is authoritative for a particular DomainName, which means that anything it doesn't know about that domain, doesn't exist. Authoritative name servers are listed in NS lines in the initial part of the zone file. |
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Standard DNS policy requires that every domain have at least two authoritative name servers. It is a good idea to have these machines in separate physical locations, to guard against accidents knocking both/all of them out at the same time. |
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MikeBeattie |
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LawrenceDoliveiro |
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The two kinds of authoritative name servers are [Primary|PrimaryNameServer] and [Secondary|SecondaryNameServer]. |
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MikeBeattie |
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