#authoritative-dns-server
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DNS and IP Addressing
Authoritative DNS Server is a DNS and IP Addressing term for a DNS server that holds the source answer for a zone and can give final responses for records in that domain. It helps people and agents name the signal, source, and safe next step without pretending an automation, campaign, DNS record, RFC, or network path did more than the evidence shows. Source context: IETF DNS technology; RFC 1918 private address space; RFC 6598 shared address space.
“The authoritative server had the answer key, while every cache was just borrowing the homework.”