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From:
Kevin Darcy <kcd@daimlerchrysler.com>
Date:
Mon, 07 Apr 2003 18:13:35 -0400
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Subject:
Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-inaddr-required-04.txt
Alain Durand wrote:
> 3- Several people have made the case that apps who rely on the
> existence of PTR
> are broken and should be fixed. Although I have some sympathy for
> this argument, I consider it a long term goal. In the meantime,
> there
> is an operation issue when the reverse tree is not populated
> correctly,
> and I understand it would be good to RECOMMEND to populate it.
So, if I interpret you correctly, you want to pay lip service to fixing
broken apps (that have broken for years) while at the same time removing
a significant incentive for those apps to get fixed.
"Long-term" == "never", in many contexts, and this is one of them IMO.
- Kevin
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