separation of authoritative and recursive functions on internal networks

[Chris Buxton]

> On Jan 29, 2016, at 3:58 PM, Darcy Kevin (FCA) <kevin.darcy at fcagroup.com> wrote:
> 
> Data obtained from the recursive function will never outrank authoritative data of a master or a slave.

Kevin,

That's true, but authoritative servers also sometimes serve up referrals, sometimes including glue records. This data is not authoritative, and I have seen it outranked by cached data. That can lead to odd failures, especially if the querier is denied access to the cache.

Regards,
Chris