To:
"D. J. Bernstein" <djb@cr.yp.to>, dnsop@cafax.se
From:
Olafur Gudmundsson <ogud@tislabs.com>
Date:
Tue, 08 Feb 2000 17:51:30 -0500
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<20000207075854.23065.qmail@cr.yp.to>
Sender:
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Subject:
Re: RFC 2182 considered harmful
At 02:58 AM 2/7/00 , D. J. Bernstein wrote: >A separate DNS server would provide zero benefits. But I've seen people >claim otherwise and point to RFC 2182. The document is wrong; it should >be fixed. ... >RFC 2182 doesn't limit its requirements to your imaginary situation. It >says that _all_ zones must always have accessible DNS servers. That's >simply wrong. Different sites have different fault tolerance requirements, yours are not typical, there is nothing wrong with the RFC and it's requirement. Olafur -------- Olafur Gudmundsson - NAI Labs (443)-259-2389 The Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. ogud@tislabs.com Olafur_Gudmundsson@nai.com Private: ogud@acm.org