Why does a non-delegated sub-domain work?

So ... if we have exacttarget.com delegated to ns1 and ns2.exacttarget.com nameservers and ... we manage the s6.exacttarget.com zone file from ns1 and ns2.exacttarget.com but we don't delegate s6 in the exacttarget.com zone file ... forgot to enter it in the zone file ... how is it

Re: Why does a non-delegated sub-domain work?

On 5/7/12 11:32 AM, M. Meadows sun-g...@live.com wrote: So ... if we have exacttarget.com delegated to ns1 and ns2.exacttarget.com nameservers and ... we manage the s6.exacttarget.com zone file from ns1 and ns2.exacttarget.com but we don't delegate s6 in the exacttarget.com

Re: Why does a non-delegated sub-domain work?

You are getting lucky that they are on the same server and when asked about anything in the subdomain the server notices it loads it and answers for it. It is however a landmine waiting for someone in thee future. If you move the subdomain to another server without fixing the delegation the

Re: Why does a non-delegated sub-domain work?

s6 is a subdomain of the parent domain. Unless otherwise specified, subdomains are mastered (NS'd) by the parent (or extended parent domain) containing NS records. As such, because you didn't put any NS records in the zone file for s6, it follows the NS records of the parent which happen to

RE: Why does a non-delegated sub-domain work?

thanks for the feedback! From: sun-g...@live.com To: b...@wingenbach.org Subject: RE: Why does a non-delegated sub-domain work? Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 15:44:38 -0400 Thanks for the feedback John. Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 13:23:30 -0400 From: b...@wingenbach.org To: bind-users