To:
Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi>, dnsop@cafax.se
From:
Måns Nilsson <mansaxel@sunet.se>
Date:
Mon, 17 Mar 2003 15:34:01 +0100
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<Pine.LNX.4.44.0303161403540.21991-100000@netcore.fi>
Sender:
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Subject:
Re: comments on -ietf-dnsop-ipv6-dns-issues-02
--On Sunday, March 16, 2003 14:05:56 +0200 Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi> wrote: > ==> one might note that in the case of reverse DNS lookup where a wildcard > would be returned (the lazy/pragmatic ISP scenario), the result would be > worthless anyway (ie. not useful as a security mechanism). So this may be > a protocol concern, but not really an operational one as far as I can see. But handing out a reverse answer is sometimes a performance boost, keeping old broken (but v6-aware) servers from timing out on a DNS reverse query. Sounds operational to me. -- Måns Nilsson Systems Specialist +46 70 681 7204 KTHNOC MN1334-RIPE We're sysadmins. To us, data is a protocol-overhead.