To:
cathym@arin.net
Cc:
dufberg@nic-se.se (Mats Dufberg), dnsop@cafax.se
From:
Bill Manning <bmanning@ISI.EDU>
Date:
Wed, 9 May 2001 11:18:01 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To:
<Pine.GSO.3.96.1010509124944.4658N-100000@ops.arin.net> from "Cathy Murphy" at May 09, 2001 01:14:40 PM
Sender:
owner-dnsop@cafax.se
Subject:
Re: Should a nameserver know about itself?
% > If the name of the nameserver belongs to the delegated zone: % > % > 3.247.212.in-addr.arpa. NS nameserver.3.247.212.in-addr.arpa. % > nameserver.3.247.212.in-addr.arpa. A 1.2.3.4 % % Yes, I understand what a glue record is, but I don't see the likelihood of % ICANN/IANA creating nameservers in the in-addr.arpa domain. At least, to % date, it has not happened that I am aware. So, unless IANA does this, any % nameservers delegated in the in-addr.arpa zone would not require glue A % records. Theoretically possible? Yes. Rare? That implies that it happens. Well, it did happen in the past. It may happen in future. In fact, the "CNAME HACK" can be done w/ NS and A RRs. % % -Cathy --bill