BIND failure methods (NS)

[Barry Margolin]

In article <8dicel$929$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>,  <mikey78 at my-deja.com> wrote:
>If we have 3 NS records (and associated glue A records) at our parent,
>and two of them become unavailable, will resolvers use the one working ?

>Let's say we have ns1.ourdomain.com, ns2, ns3. Addresses are .1, .2, &
>.3 let's say. So if the BIND server at cnn.com needs to find addresses
>(on the behalf of a client) in ourdomain.com, will it get all 3 NS
>records for ns1,ns2,ns3 from our parent at .com or only 1 ?

It will get all 3.  What did you think the reason for listing multiple NS
records was, if not for this?

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