How does one bootstrap DNS

[Jim Freeze]

Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote:

> <>[snippage]

> <>I currently only have one computer on my domain, and it provides dns
> lookups for itself (and virtual servers)[1]
>
> [snippage]

> <>[1] One could argue that I should have at least two name servers, 
> but why
> should I need greater redundancy on my name servers, than I have on my
> other services? If my dns is down, so is my mail, and am in the mercy of
> the sender to keep retrying anyway.

Yes, exactly. Is it permissable for ns1 and ns2 to point to the same IP 
address?

Jim