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> The correct name servers should have been DNS.EWR1.NYTIMES.COM and DNS.SEA1.NYTIMES.COM. How does this work? How would you get to DNS.EWR1.NYTIMES.COM withou
by alien_acorn 13y ago
> The correct name servers should have been DNS.EWR1.NYTIMES.COM and DNS.SEA1.NYTIMES.COM.
How does this work? How would you get to DNS.EWR1.NYTIMES.COM without first knowing where nytimes.com is?
- zhoutong 13y agoNameservers have their IPs registered with the registry, and they are returned in the additional answers section. These are called "glue records".
- teddyh 13y agoThe top level servers (for .com in this case) has A (and/or AAAA) records for the name servers to prevent this kind of catch-22. These out-of zone records are called glue records.