[geeks] a little advice about DNS and naming conventions

[Amy]

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Bill Bradford wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 02:47:56PM -0500, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> > There is no such thing as a "secondary" nameserver.  Those who think so
> > are confused by the use of the word "primary" in the original BIND boot
> > file to describe a zone file loaded by a master nameserver.
>
> Lets see.  I think you're nitpicking.  EVERYONE i've run across in over
> six years doing this for a living, has called them "secondary namservers".
> It may not be the correct TECHNICAL term, but its the one everyone I know
> uses.
>
> Are you *always* this anal?

it's not a secondary nameserver, bill. it's a thingie.

--a