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From: BORKI@zug.use.ch  (Reto Burkhalter)
Subject: Re: DNS QUESTION
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Date: Sat,  6 Apr 96   5:47:01 GMT
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>> Wong Family 
>> 05.04.1996 
 
 
WF> Bill Roman (broman@detour.com) wrote: 
WF>  
WF> : How can I make our NameServer respond Authortatively for a domain name 
WF> : owned by someone else? 
WF>  
WF> sounds fishy. but yes you could by replace . with your IP in the cache file 
WF> and begin to build all the domains youself. 
 
No, never do something like this! If THE authoritive nameserver 
of this domain makes any changes within his zone you'll get a big 
problem. 
 
Read also my other posting. 
(Best way: Ask the system admin to delegate you the domain as 
a secondary authoritive nameserver for this zone). 
 
 
Reto