SV: SV: primary&secondary

[Johnny Damtoft]

Hi Jim :)

I know...

the question was: is it posible to run a master and a slave on the same
server.. And yes it is, but it would not work right.



Med venlig hilsen  /  Best regards



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> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra:	Jim Reid [SMTP:jim at rfc1035.com]
> Sendt:	19. juli 2000 11:20
> Til:	Johnny Damtoft
> Cc:	Sumith Ail; bind-users at isc.org
> Emne:	Re: SV: primary&secondary 
> 
> >>>>> "Johnny" == Johnny Damtoft <JOD at sonofon.dk> writes:
>     >> Well.. I wanna know if its possible to run the primary and
>     >> slave name servers on a single linux box.
> 
> No. And even if you could, you'd be completely missing the point.
> Running two or more name servers eliminates a single point of failure.
> What happens to your DNS data if its only name server dies or becomes
> unreachable from the rest of the net?
> 
>     Johnny> It is posible, but not good.  (One goes on port 53, and
>     Johnny> the other on what ever a port you like)
> 
> This is just wrong. If a name server used some arbirary non-standard
> port number for incoming queries, how would the rest or the world know
> which port number to send their queries to.