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To: randy@psg.com (Randy Bush)
Cc: Harald@Alvestrand.no, dnsop@cafax.se
From: Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 99 9:38:24 JST
In-Reply-To: <E11ujqV-0001lQ-00@rip.psg.com>; from "Randy Bush" at Dec 5, 99 2:09 pm
Sender: owner-dnsop@cafax.se
Subject: Re: Last WG call for draft-ietf-dnsop-root-opreq-02.txt.

Randy;

> but yes, the draft wording assumes operators have a general concept of 'out
> of band' data exchange.  i just feared wording such as "a method other than
> those of the dns protocols, e.g. axfr, ixfr, etc." was as much, or more, of
> a rathole as assuming "oob" was an understood term.

Such wording is meaningless rather than a rathole, because the DNS protocol 
allows any method for in-band zone transfer.

							Masataka Ohta

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