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Originally Posted by subsystems
How do the browsers get their list of Authorative Servers for the TLDs? My assumption was that some of the MS updates were root server updates?
So we buy a TLD for our company and we then contact MS to have it added so IE will work as expected? What about the rest of the browsers?
I'm still not clear how TLDs are added to the Root Servers and how the Authorative Servers fit in.
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Browsers don't need such a list; your local machine queries the Primary, & Secondary if need be, DN Sever specified by your local communications settings. For Windows, these could be stored in several places, depending on your ISP & method of connectivity.
For example, at the moment I am using a machine connected to the net via Verizon DSL. Within
Local Area Connection Properties, the
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Property re. DNS is set to
Obtain DNS server address automatically; my DSL modem is set to use Verizon's preferred Primary & Secondary DN Servers.
If I wished, I could change the
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Property re. DNS to
Use the following DNS server addresses, and manually type them in.
In either case, those are the DN Server Addresses that my browser will use.
Regarding the relationship between Root servers, Zone servers, Authoritative servers, etal., begin at
Domain Name System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .