A proposal about hostcount and DNS

      What we might want to think about is *if* it is useful to come
      up with some recommendations (RIPE-Document? BCP?) as to the
      *access* to that ionformation from the sites in the network
      which perform the tree walk. E.g. things like refusing zone
      transfers, address filters, and the like.
I don't think it's up to RIPE or any other outsider to
make any recommendations for a company's or institute's
policy regarding access to its nameservers (other than
the normal access needed to make the service work for
purpose it's meant for).
      
      Personally, I don't see a need to do some fancy new stuff, which
      would simply replace one educated guess with a different one, and
      at the same time would be open to "bending", like freely configurable
      meta entries.
Fully agreed.

      
      I don't think that it is reasonable for the RIPE-NCC or the RIPE
      Community as a whole, to try to perform - or even support - any
      particular interpretation of data!
Right!
    
      When and if there is a need for such activities, I'd propose to
      leave that to commercial entities.
In that case it is extremely likely that the number of
sites that close their nameservers for zone transfers
will grow immensely.


	Piet