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[dns-wg] Delegation checking policy/procedure at ARIN

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Thor Kottelin thor at anta.net
Thu May 15 11:36:12 CEST 2003

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dns-wg-request at ripe.net wrote:

> From: "JFC (Jefsey) Morfin" <jefsey at jefsey.com>

> when the nameserver is on the same machine as
> the site, I never understood why I would need two name servers.
> Either the machine is in operation or not. Why could I not
> have only one nameserver in that case?

As a practical example, someone might need to look up the mail address in
your SOA record while "the machine" is down.

More generally speaking, domains are administrative entities; using second
level domains to name individual boxes is not good namespace
administration.

Thor

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