Re: repeating records

[Mark.Andrews@isc.org]

> Okay. Andrews has specifically endorsed the three statements
> 
>    * ``DNS servers SHOULD NOT use LDAP'' and

	I didn't say that.  And it cannot be paraphrased as that.

>    * ``DNS servers SHOULD NOT use EDNS0'' and

	I didn't say that.  And it cannot be paraphrased as that.

>    * ``DNS servers SHOULD NOT use BIND 8's AXFR glue strategy''

	Yes. That is what ixfr-clarify says.

> because he claims that every DNS server implementor must understand and
> carefully weigh the implications (specifically, some minor efficiency
> issues) before doing any of these things.
> 
> Is this the same Andrews who has been telling everybody to use EDNS0?
> ``SHOULD NOT use EDNS0,'' but please use it anyway? Does he understand
> how stupid he's making himself sound here?

	Go read what I said again.
 
> Andrews tries to defend his silly AXFR position by saying that ``zones
> are getting MUCH bigger'' and by pointing to DNSSEC. But bigger zones
> and DNSSEC make BIND 8's AXFR glue strategy even _less_ of an issue! The
> djbdns/BIND 9 strategy saves space _for repeated delegations_, not for
> miscellaneous records.
> 
> In short, Andrews is making the ludicrous demand that every implementor
> worry about the .com zone. This is a transparent attempt to hold back
> progress in DNS server software.

	Do you realise how stupid you sound with these ridiculous
	assertions.   Implementors should always be looking at the
	their clients needs.  If you don't want to serve big zones
	then don't deal with their needs.

	Nothing in axfr-clarify stops you sending a record multiple
	times.  No one is forcing you to only send one record.  The
	only constraint is that the SOA record is sent exactly
	twice.  Once as the first record.  Once as the last record.

	Mark

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