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From: "JFC (Jefsey) Morfin" <jefsey@jefsey.com>

when the nameserver is on the same machine as the site, I never understood why I would need two name servers. Either the machine is in operation or not. Why could I not have only one nameserver in that case?

As a practical example, someone might need to look up the mail address in your SOA record while "the machine" is down. More generally speaking, domains are administrative entities; using second level domains to name individual boxes is not good namespace administration. Thor - -- http://thorweb.anta.net/ PGP public key available "Women should always wear tight clothes, and men should carry powerful handguns." - Calvin (by Bill Watterson) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 7.0.4 iQA/AwUBPsNfh+lROe8ye3NFEQLKDQCfdulKFvL1NJ5MdfIARNl9ER1aE4EAoJKV QNm51VjqQB09CyOLkKCHKtiB =8AQi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----