Difference between secondary and slave dns servers

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Fri Nov 17 20:31:06 UTC 2006


Kevin Darcy wrote:
> smallpond wrote:
> > Kevin Darcy wrote:
> >
> >> smallpond wrote:
> >>
> >>> voipfc wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> What is the difference between secondary and slave dns servers?
> >>>>
> >>>> Are they synonyms or are there some subtle diffference between them?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> 1.4.4.2. Slave Servers
> >>> The other authoritative servers, the slave servers (also known as
> >>> secondary servers) ...
> >>>
> >>> from the bind documentation.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Yeah, they're pretty much synonymous. If there's any subtle difference
> >> between the two, it's that "slave" is more often seen in a _relational_
> >> context, i.e. one half of the "master/slave" relationship, whereas
> >> "secondary" is more often used when describing a whole infrastructure
> >> (although I have occasionally see the term "primary" being used as a
> >> synonym for "master").
> >>
> >> Let's not forget, also, that a "slave" server can also serve as a
> >> "master" to other, downstream slaves, in a "multi-hop" architecture. So
> >> the use of the term "secondary" gets a little confusing at that point.
> >> What do we call the downstream slaves? "Tertiaries"? And the slaves
> >> downstream from those? Calling them all just "slaves" simplifies things.
> >>
> >> - Kevin
> >>
> >
> > I had forgotten about one other important distinction, mentioned here:
> >
> > http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/master.asp
> >
> > It seems that if you want to do business in California, you are better
> > off with primary/secondary.
> >
> Yeah, except that "primary" has political connotations, and "secondary"
> sounds a lot like "secretary" which of course is a politically-incorrect
> term (should be Administrative Assistant of course).
>
> Where will the madness end?
>
> - Kevin

You had better be careful when you use terms like male and female when
describing computer connectors ;),  you might be charged with obscenity



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