[Pdns-users] What are the differences between PowerDNS Authoritative Server and Recursor?

[Michael Hallager]

On 2022-11-19 02:55, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming via Pdns-users 
wrote:
> Subject: What are the differences between PowerDNS Authoritative
> Server and Recursor?
> 
> Good day from Singapore,
> https://wm.nettrust.nz/?_task=mail&_action=compose&_id=88998096563780c1f5dde9#
> May I know what are the differences between PowerDNS Authoritative
> Server and Recursor?

On 2022-11-19 03:04, Raghvendra Choudhary via Pdns-users wrote:
> I have the same question
> 
>  Raghvendra Choudhary
>  DevOps Engineer | www.digivalet.com [1]

An authoritative server holds the DNS records and for a given domain and 
a recursor (aka caching) server requests these on behalf of a client 
host. Have you ever registered a domain name? You were likely asked to 
specify the authoritative servers during the process.

I second what Jan-Piet said. At this point the both of you are asking 
questions which fall within basic networking. In general the questions 
are OK, but they are not where this mailing list is at. If this subject 
interests you, you should strongly consider getting a job working in a 
team with others who can mentor you.

The days of being able to "fake it till you make it" are long gone. In 
the 1990's there was more of a hacker culture on the internet but these 
days clients and employers expect competency. This does not mean we all 
have to know everything (none of us do) but having the fundamentals in 
place is a prerequisite.

Michael