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Jack112 Posted 20 years ago
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1. The DNS Server service must be configured with root hints to resolve queries for names that is not authoritative for or for which it contains no delegations. (What does 'that' refer to and what does ' which' refer to? Thanks.)
  

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1. The DNS Server service must be configured with root hints to resolve queries for names that is not authoritative for or for which it contains no delegations. (What does 'that' refer to and what does ' which' refer to?

— Marius Hancu

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  • The DNS Server service must be configured with root hints to resolve queries for names that is not authoritative for or for which it contains no delegations.
  • (What does 'that' refer to and what does ' which' refer to?
  • ) -------- In both cases it refers to "(domain) names " (domain) names for which it itself (the server) is not authoritative (domain) names for which it itself (the server) doesn't have delegations This might be easier to comprehend: 1.
  • The DNS Server service must be configured with root hints to resolve queries for names for which it is not authoritative or for which it contains no delegations.
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1. The DNS Server service must be configured with root hints to resolve queries for names that is not authoritative for or for which it contains no delegations. (What does 'that' refer to and what does ' which' refer to? Thanks.)

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In both cases it refers to "(domain) names"

(domain) names for which it itself (the serve
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Could I also look at it this way?

1. The DNS Server service must be configured with root hints to resolve queries for names that DNS Server service is not authoritative for or for which it contains no delegations.

What about this one:

2. Time-division multiplexing (TDM) is the transmission of several sources of information that is/are using one common cha
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1. I don't like the repetition you introduced.

2. Time-division multiplexing (TDM) is the transmission of several sources of information which is using one common channel.

It's referring to the transmission (which is using a single common channel).
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I wonder if there should be an extra "it":

1. The DNS Server service must be configured with root hints to resolve queries for names that it is not authoritative for or for which it contains no delegations.

MrP
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MrPedanticI wonder if there should be an extra "it":

1. The DNS Server service must be configured with root hints to resolve queries for names that it is not authoritative for or for which it contains no delegations.

I think that you're quite right about the original version.

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