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From: linegar@bwdls49.bnr.ca (Derick Linegar)
Subject: Zone transfers for "."
Message-ID: <linegar.676842236@bwdls49>
Keywords: zone transfers root domain
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Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Date: 13 Jun 91 19:43:56 GMT

Question:

	In setting up a "lab" DNS system that mimics the Internet,
	we've come to the argument where one sides insist that
	zone transfers *do not* work for the root domain. Is this
	true? How does the root servers keep things in sync? Wouldn't
	it be a waste not to use zone transfers for root and use it
	everywhere else?


				-derick-

PS:	Life's a toilet...


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