configuration data
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... administrator [RFC-1033]. For a name server, this configuration data
includes the identity of local master files and instructions on which
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... non-local master files are to be loaded from foreign servers. The name
server uses the master files or copies to load its zones. For
resolvers, the configuration data identifies the name servers which
should be the primary sources of information.
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