Re: rsync vs. axfr-clarify (was: in support of axfr-clarify)

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

Derek Atkins writes:
> Religious nonsense, eh?

Yes. Instead of rationally evaluating the costs and benefits of two
different protocol extension mechanisms, you declare that one mechanism
(new query types) is ``part of the protocol,'' while the other one (new
ports) is ``out of band'' and therefore not subject to discussion here.
That's religious nonsense.

> The point is that each DNS server is autonomous.  There is no
> requirement that NS1.FOO.EXAMPLE. and NS5.BAR.EXAMPLE., which both
> happen to be authoritative for the QUUX.EXAMPLE zone, be mirrors of
> each other.

I didn't say that server replication was required. I said that it's
popular.

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

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