Editing Name server (section)

=== Types of name servers ===

Name servers are usually either ''authoritative'' or ''recursive'', as described below.  

Although not the usual practice today, name servers can be both authoritative ''and'' recursive, if they are configured to give authoritative answers to queries in some zones, while acting as a [[#Caching name server|caching name server]] for all other zones.<ref>{{cite IETF |title=DNS Terminology |bcp=219 |author1=Paul Hoffman |author2=Andrew Sullivan |author3=Kazunori Fujiwara |date=January 2019 |publisher=[[Internet Engineering Task Force|IETF]] |access-date=17 December 2015 }}</ref>