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RE: [cobalt-users] dns and nameservers
- Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] dns and nameservers
- From: "Dan Kriwitsky" <webhosting@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun Apr 15 03:25:54 2001
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
>
> 1) Browsers never do resolves on their own (well, I have yet to
> see one that
> does) - this is handled by resolve libraries.
IIRC, MSIE caches DNS info.
>
> 2) There is no rule that the primary server should be asked
> first. It is the
> nameserver with the fastest reply that is contacted first! (i.e.
> so you will
> presumeably ask the name server that is geographically near to yourself)
Usually your ISP's nameserver, unless you configured your system to use
another DNS so that things like .travel or .biz domain names resolve.
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Dan Kriwitsky