[TriLUG] Has DNS on RR died?

[Andrew C. Oliver]

Thunder Bear wrote:

>On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 21:06, Andrew C. Oliver wrote:
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>>Been meaning to get around to that again when I replaced my Linux 
>>firewall with the linksys I lost that.  Anyhow,
>>that only solve half the problem.  What if an address is not in you 
>>caching dns?  Granted it solves most problems.
>>Anyhow, was only a thought.  
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>Easy.  Your local caching DNS checks the root servers to see who is the
>authoritative nameserver for the record you are looking up, and then
>goes and checks with the authoritative source.  Your machine doesn't
>have to be aware at all of the RR servers.
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Really?  I was not aware of that.  I'll have to set it up real soon. 
 I've noticed a remarkable performance degredation since I stopped
using my own DNS.