Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-inaddr-required-04.txt

[Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>]

At 12:26 PM -0400 2003/04/11, Dean Anderson wrote:

>  I have an idea. Some people have created nameserver extensions that
>  automatically create an A record response to queries of a certain form
>  h-<ipaddress>.theirzone, and likewise handle in-addr.arpa queries to
>  return names of this format.  These responses are generated from the
>  contents of the query, so no maintanence is required.

	Doesn't work.  This removes control over the data from the person 
who has been assigned the space.

>  Since we know the answer from the contents of both these queries, we can
>  push this functionality into the resolver, so that the nameserver isn't
>  bothered having to respond to these trivial queries.  With a couple
>  special cases added to the resolver, everyone is happy. Much load is
>  removed from nameservers, and the people who want consistent responses to
>  in-addr, have them.

	Also doesn't work.

	Since you are so into making optimizations, let's try this -- 
since everything liquid or solid going into your body is only going 
to come back out again, why not optimize this process and eliminate 
both the entrance and the exit?  Sure would make things a lot 
cleaner, in a whole lot of ways.

-- 
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>

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