Cc:
Bruce Campbell <bruce.campbell@apnic.net>, dnsop@cafax.se
From:
Mark.Andrews@nominum.com
Date:
Wed, 09 May 2001 17:54:54 +1000
In-reply-to:
Your message of "Wed, 09 May 2001 17:43:43 +1000."
Sender:
owner-dnsop@cafax.se
Subject:
Re: Should a nameserver know about itself?
> The assumption is incorrect. The only time it has to be able to > retrieve its own address is when it lives within a domain it > serves. It never needs to know its own name. > > Mark On further reflection it only needs to know it own address if it is a root-server (this in not a DNS protocol requirement but a practical limitation imposed by BIND 4 and 8, need to check if we have fixed this in BIND 9, the priming query need the A records to be return). The other case is when it is serving the zone the address records reside in. Mark -- Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc. 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews@nominum.com