Re: [fwd: my comments to the SPAN list]

[Lawrence Conroy <]

At 3:22 am -0700 24/10/02, Jim Reid wrote:
>  >>>>> "Lawrence" == Lawrence Conroy lwc@localhost writes:
>
>     Lawrence> For folks who really don't like DNAME, there *MAY* be
>     Lawrence> other solutions using NAPTR processing (i.e. on the
>     Lawrence> client rather than server side) and * zone file entries.
> <jim>
> Hmm. Wildcard RRs in the DNS give me the heebie-jeebies. Those
> heebie-jeebies are likely to get the heebie-jeebies if wildcards
> get inserted somewhere under e164.arpa to solve operational problems
> like renumbering. </jim>

Hmmm....
Do you intend to let humans "hand craft" the zone files  8:()
That would worry anyone.

I picture a much more complex management system that auto-generates
the appropriate zone files as a presentation of the management system
object state. Hand crafting MAYBE for the early trials, but...

>     Lawrence> Use of IXFR is yet another thing we
>     Lawrence> can test - it's in effect "proprietary" to B9.x
> <jim>
> There are other name server implementations that do IXFR. </jim>

Mea culpa - brain failure. Agreed that B8.2.3 and up have IXFR.
(Reflex from early B8 not working quite as planned so this was a
"feature to avoid").


all the best,
  Lawrence
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