To:
"Hollenbeck, Scott" <shollenbeck@verisign.com>
cc:
<ietf-provreg@cafax.se>
From:
Mats Dufberg <dufberg@nic-se.se>
Date:
Mon, 9 Apr 2001 13:26:19 +0200 (CEST)
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<DF737E620579D411A8E400D0B77E671D7508EF@regdom-ex01.prod.netsol.com>
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Subject:
RE: Nameserver MUST HAVE IP
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Hollenbeck, Scott wrote: > >IMHO we should remove the requirement in 3.4.2[3] that a nameserver MUST > have > >an IP address if its name lies registered in the registrar's TLD. The > >discussions here and the interesting report quoted by Elisabeth Porteneuve > >showed that this requirement does not add much to the "health" > >of the domain name system. > > I disagree that the requirement should be removed completely, and reiterate > my earlier suggestion that replacing the MUST with a SHOULD would be more > appropriate. A SHOULD would be appropriate if storing the IP address for glue records not strictly needed would be a better solution than not. I disagree. By storing and announcing the IP address you increase the risk of have different data in the mother zone than in the authoritative zone. -- Data should be kept where it is authoritative as far as possible. Mats ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mats Dufberg +46-8-545 857 06 dufberg@nic-se.se fax: +46-8-545 857 29