To:
Bruce Campbell <bruce.campbell@ripe.net>
Cc:
"Barber, Piet" <pbarber@verisign.com>, dnsop@cafax.se
From:
Johan Ihren <johani@autonomica.se>
Date:
15 Mar 2003 08:43:44 +0100
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Subject:
Re: "local" zones
Bruce Campbell <bruce.campbell@ripe.net> writes: Bruce, > However, what are we trying to fix? The fact that the traffic is reaching > the roots, or that the traffic is escaping from the local networks? > > If the former, we could correctly delegate (ie, not a lame delegation) > '.local' somewhere other than the roots, and let that sink the traffic. > Or simply put a wildcard record in for '*.local. IN A 127.0.0.1' and let > each site figure out whats wrong. Wildcards are evil. Wildcards in the root would by definition be the root of evil. Bad idea. ... > For that I'd suggest delegating '.local.' to the anycasted AS112 project > (so you've got localised traffic sinks), and wildcard records within to a > website hosted on each AS112, to the effect of 'If you can read this, you > have misconfigured your nameserver and local zone setup. Here are a few > tips to correct this' (etc). Ugh. While I see what you're trying to achieve here, I think the AS112 project should stick with providing nameservice for bogus lookups. Diversifying into providing webservice for bogus surfing is not the route to happiness. Bad idea. Johan Ihrén Autonomica #---------------------------------------------------------------------- # To unsubscribe, send a message to <dnsop-request@cafax.se>.