Actually, it is a recursive DNS resolver, and that designation is not redundant. See RFC 1034 and RFC 1035. This terminology is difficult to get right, very fe

Actually, it is a recursive DNS resolver, and that designation is not redundant. See RFC 1034 and RFC 1035. This terminology is difficult to get right, very few people actually do, and you are also demonstrating how it can be got wrong. A resolver is not what people in the overwhelming majority of cases think it to be, and they then reason to erroneous conclusions from this false concept. This is why I explain DNS using the terminology of HTTP: content DNS servers, proxy DNS servers, and client libraries. * http://jdebp.eu./FGA/dns-server-roles.html http://jdebp.eu./FGA/dns-server-roles.html