Re: Should a nameserver know about itself?

[Mark . Andrews]

>       The assumption is incorrect.  The only time it has to be able to
>       retrieve its own address is when it lives within a domain it
>       serves.  It never needs to know its own name.
> 
>       Mark

        On further reflection it only needs to know it own address
        if it is a root-server (this in not a DNS protocol requirement
        but a practical limitation imposed by BIND 4 and 8, need
        to check if we have fixed this in BIND 9, the priming query
        need the A records to be return).  The other case is when
        it is serving the zone the address records reside in.

        Mark
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