DNS Configuration and Management Manual (G06.27+, H06.05+, J06.03+)

DNS and BIND Basics
HP DNS Configuration and Management Manual—529432-003
A-11
The Resolution Process
3. The requested name is not a local one, and it is not in the cache of the server, so
the request goes to the root server. (In this example, the name server sends a non-
recursive query to the root for address
www.mit.edu.)
Figure A-4. Name Server Sends Nonrecursive Query to Root
local
name
server
client
resolver
"root"
name
server
mit
.edu
name
server
edu
name
server
www
mit
edu
.
...
...
com
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