Re: axfr-clarify supporting unauthorized users

["D. J. Bernstein" <djb@cr.yp.to>]

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Kevin Darcy writes:
> Something could be put in an OPT record, for instance, detailing the
> error condition further, extended flags could be used, or a whole new
> RR type could be created dedicated to error reporting.

And, once these error-message extensions were added to the protocol,
would we then have nitwits claiming that all the servers saying REFUSED
were suddenly non-compliant because ``making it easier to detect common
misconfigurations is an important aspect of interoperability''?

---D. J. Bernstein, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics,
Statistics, and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago



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