DNS and Bind Recrusion page 39 (3rd edition)

[Joseph S D Yao]

> Boy, you guys can't cite text to save your own lives, can you?

Yes.  You've never seen me write a formal paper.  But I was doing a
less formal thing called "paraphrasing."

> But I now think I've pieced together what you mean.  The paragraph before
> the "Mapping Addresses to Names" section, which begins, "A resolver queries
> a local name server..." could be clearer.  If it began:
> 
> "A resolver sends a recursive query to a local name server, which then sends
> iterative queries to a number of other name servers in pursuit of an answer
> for the resolver."
> 
> it would be clearer.  Do you agree?

I think that would resolve Michael's confusion, but I also think that
he should respond to that.

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