To:
Robert Elz <kre@munnari.OZ.AU>
cc:
dnsop@cafax.se
From:
Shane Kerr <shane@ripe.net>
Date:
Thu, 10 May 2001 01:06:53 +0200 (CEST)
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<4064.989424253@brandenburg.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
Sender:
owner-dnsop@cafax.se
Subject:
Re: Should a nameserver know about itself?
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Robert Elz wrote: > | When would this ever happen? > > Cricket and Mats answered already. > > The important thing to be aware of is that there aren't any > different types of domain based upon their names - all domains > are created equal, and remain equal. Any domain can have any RR > in it. Any time you're tempted to generalise based upon domain > name, you're almost invariably going to be wrong. Okay, I'll bite. What does it mean to have a PTR record in anything other than the in-addr.arpa tree? While in some ways all domains are equal, can't we at least say that some domains are more equal than others? :P -- Shane