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GSEC · Question #85
If a DNS client wants to look up the IP address for good.news.com and does not receive an authoritative reply from its local DNS server, which name server is most likely to provide an authoritative re
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Question
If a DNS client wants to look up the IP address for good.news.com and does not receive an authoritative reply from its local DNS server, which name server is most likely to provide an authoritative reply?
Options
- AThe news.com domain name server
- BThe .com (top-level) domain name server
- CThe .(root-level) domain name server
- DThe .gov (top-level) domain name server
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#DNS#authoritative server#domain resolution#DNS hierarchy