making queries - while restarting bind - possible ?

[Jim Reid]

>>>>> "Brad" == Brad Knowles <brad.knowles at skynet.be> writes:

    >> in fact you´r right, but the special thing is, that we are
    >> working with the DE-NIC, the german registrar for
    >> de-domains.... this one is asking our NS permanently - so
    >> that´s not the solution, haveing more NS....  for the user who
    >> makes queries will this be an option... but not for the
    >> registrar - we need our PRIMARY UP 100% ---- also when it´s
    >> reloading many zones... that´s still the problem ;(

    Brad> 	First off, the registrar should not be requiring any
    Brad> one server be up 100% of the time.  Not even they can meet
    Brad> that requirement.  Moreover, not even the root nameservers
    Brad> nor the gTLD or ccTLD nameservers can meet that requirement
    Brad> -- why do you think we have thirteen of them?!?

Indeed. Another point is there is absolutely no need at all to
register any master (primary) server with DE-NIC. Or any other NIC for
that matter. As long as the server(s) you register are working
properly -- they're up, answering authoritatively for the new zone and
announce the same zone contents -- all is well. The NIC doesn't need
to know or care about the new zone's master server: just that the
servers you are registering are working properly. How those servers
get the DNS data for the new zone or where they get it from is of no
interest to them at all.