Name

NS (name server) — (From RFC 1035, page 18)

Textual representation

owner ttl class NS
 name-server-dname

Example

movie.edu.  IN   NS  terminator.movie.edu

Binary representation

NS type code: 2
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
    /                   NSDNAME                     /
    /                                               /
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+

where:

NSDNAME

Is a domain-name that specifies a host which should be authoritative for the specified class and domain.

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