A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET and order of DNS servers

Cricket Liu cricket at VeriSign.com
Sun Mar 4 21:33:26 UTC 2001


> I just wonder if the order the DNS are showed up matters ... I am
> helping a friend of mine with his domain, and I am being the slave
> one.
> 
> The domain in question is conectados.org:
> 
> According to whois:
> 
> in network solutions (which is correct)
> 
> nserver:        isfserver.ctima.uma.es 150.214.57.88
> nserver:        ns1.4allsystems.com 216.138.220.16
> 
> in gandi.net (where the domain was registered)
> 
> nserver:        isfserver.ctima.uma.es 150.214.57.88
> nserver:        ns1.4allsystems.com 216.138.220.16
> 
> However, if I use $dig @a.gtld-servers.net conectados.org I get:
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> conectados.org.         172800  IN      NS NS1.4ALLSYSTEMS.COM.
> conectados.org.         172800  IN      NS ISFSERVER.CTIMA.UMA.ES.
> 
> is there something wrong, ns1.4allsystems.com is the slave, the other
> is the master.

No, the order isn't significant, and has no bearing on which is the
primary master and which is the slave.

cricket



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