[ale] DNS Server Propagation

[pizza at shaftnet.org (Stuffed Crust)]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 06:28:43PM -0800, Gabriel Donnell wrote:
> For now, we only have one server that handles all of our services (DHCP, DNS,
> HTTP, IMAP, POP, SMTP, etc.).  If our primary DNS server is down, then all of
> our services will be down.

You need to break the distinction between 'service' and 'server'.

If your primary DNS service is down, then everything else still works.
However, if the box itself is down, then all services are down.

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