NS record for the @ entry

Edmund c990077 at hk.china.com
Fri Aug 20 04:28:23 UTC 1999


Thanks.  Can it be possible that the NS record for the SOA is not pointing

to the local machine ??


marka at isc.org wrote:

> > Does anyone know why there must be a NS record for the @ entry ?
> > As my understanding, the NS record is pointing to the local machine
> > and it is the local machine the SOA for this zone, so why is the NS
> > record still necessary for the @ entry ???
>
>         Because that is the definition of a zone.  All zones contain
>         a SOA record and a NS RRset at the top of a zone.  NS records
>         in parent zones are supposed to be *copies* of the child zones
>         NS records.
>
>         Mark
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