stub versus forward

[Cricket Liu]

> Can someone please tell me what is the difference. I know basically how
> they work. I just don't really know why one versus another.

If you mean the different between a stub zone and a forward
zone with the same domain name, the main difference is that
with a stub zone, your name server sends non-recursive
queries, while with a forward zone, it sends recursive queries.

cricket

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