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Måns Nilsson <mansaxel@nic-se.se>
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Wed, 7 Feb 2001 14:51:27 +0100
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Re: Bogus nic.fr behavior
Subject: Re: Bogus nic.fr behavior Date: Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 12:45:01PM +0000 Quoting James Raftery (james-dnsop@domainregistry.ie): > On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 01:06:54PM +0100, Måns Nilsson wrote: > > All good considerations. But if you automate testing, how do you discren > > between the master and slave? > > Why do you need to? TCP is required for AXFR, but AXFR isn't required. > If I choose not to use AXFR to replicate my zone data then I don't need > TCP and you don't need to know which server is master or slave for your > tests. You are way above the cluon level of the general MCP who is "Internet Expert" at the web hotels we deal with. And therein lies the core of the problem. Do we operate the net as if it was still only operated by skilled people who know what a RFC is and even has read one, or do we accept that we might have to use a little less elegant solution in order to increase yield? Most of us wearing the Protocol hat would go for perfectionism. But some who do actual work might opt for function.. > FWIW, the .IE delegation checker doesn't look for TCP service. Neither do we. -- Måns Nilsson DNS Technichian +46 709 174 840 NIC-SE +46 8 545 85 707 MN1334-RIPE my NOSE is NUMB!