To:
Bruce Campbell <bruce.campbell@apnic.net>
Cc:
dnsop@cafax.se
From:
Olaf Kolkman <OKolkman@ripe.net>
Date:
Wed, 09 May 2001 09:49:16 +0200
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Subject:
Re: Should a nameserver know about itself?
Hi Bruce,
Bruce Campbell <bruce.campbell@apnic.net> writes:
*
* For those that aren't familar with our DNS operations, we manage in an
* automated fashion the reverse delegations for the Asia Pacific Region.
*
I know :-)
* Is the assumption that a nameserver should have information about itself
* correct?
*
No, a nameserver can have a name or an address that is in a zone for
which it is not authoritative. In other words the place where zone
data is published is independent from the zone data itself.
--Olaf
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