DNS and Bind Recrusion page 39 (3rd edition)

Cricket Liu cricket at acmebw.com
Fri Sep 3 03:58:15 UTC 1999


> 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???

*No, absolutely not.*  Stub resolvers can't handle referrals at all, and if
they get one, they return an error.

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