In article <fdtvqu$ipg$1@reader1.panix.com>, Rod Dorman <rodd@panix.com> wrote:
> ...
>Just saying a nameserver is authoritative doesn't give a complete
>picture. One should really include *what* its authoritative for.
>
>For example, the . (root) nameservers are authoritative for all the
>TLDs. The .com nameservers are authoritative for all the <domain>.com
>domains. The example.com nameservers (ns1 and ns2.aregistrar.net in
>your example) are authoritative for example.com.

Sigh... in rereading that its still not coming out right.

Obviously a nameserver can't be authoritative for something that it
has delegated but it is authoritative for that delegation.

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