Re: SOA records

In article <bb5nfp$20v8$1@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Dibyendu Rakshit (Dib) <drakshit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>BIND users,
>Does SOA need to point to a primary name server? Does it need to point to a 
>existing name server at all?
>
>What is the relevance of SOA when NS records are present?

The MNAME field in the SOA record is supposed to be the primary master
server, which may or may not be in the NS records.  The NS records tell
other nameservers where to send queries for that zone, the SOA MNAME field
tells humans where the primary master server is.  It's also used by some
dynamic DNS clients to know where to send updates to.

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Barry Margolin, barry.margolin@xxxxxxxxxx
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