DNS and Bind Recursion page 30 (3rd edition)

[Michael Voight]

Correcting subject line for spelling and page number error.

Thanks, Barry. I was just clarifying for a coworker in Brussels.
I think the DNS and BIND line is wrong or, at least misleading.
(But, Cricket knows I still highly recommend the book)

Michael

Barry Margolin wrote:
> 
> In article <37CF3330.8F9BAD09 at cisco.com>,
> Michael Voight  <mvoight at cisco.com> wrote:
> >Well, that is it. This seems to indicate the local name server is
> >sending the queries. However, that is what it does in recursive mode.
> >With options no-recursions, the client sends the queries, right???
> 
> With options no-recursion the local name server will not perform a
> recursive query on behalf of a request it receives.  What the client does
> when the server is unable to perform the recursive query for it is up to
> the design of that client.  The resolver routines on most hosts cannot
> perform iterative queries on their own -- they depend on the availability
> of a server with recursion enabled.  If you point your resolv.conf to a
> server with recursion disabled, you'll find that you can't access most of
> the Internet.
> 
> --
> Barry Margolin, barmar at bbnplanet.com
> GTE Internetworking, Powered by BBN, Burlington, MA
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