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[Julian DeMarchi <julian AT jdcomputers.com.au>]

On 02/19/2013 08:30 AM, Jeff Taylor wrote:
> 
> 
> But in regards to your question, it doesn't make any sense that the
> hints configs would be more reliable than the slave configs... I would
> expect exactly the opposite to be true!  Keep in mind that the servers
> configed with hints files are doing nothing but pointing users to
> *other* tier-2 or tier-1 servers to complete their query, so you end up
> relying on a greater number of servers being operational to get an
> answer.  

Not always true. It's true when you restart you dns resolver, but after
sometime you have a healthy cache for which queires are answered from(in
theory).

There are a few dns resolvers that do not slave any zones. These need to
have the hints file. Unbound for example...

I always prefer the hints file myself. It's a minimal config for a
server, and simple is best. :-)

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--julian