Dave Crocker wrote:
Given that zones are administrative constructs for use by operators,
and are not intended to be visible to client DNS activities -- and
well might not be visible, no matter the intent -- then how does the
upward tree-walk know when to stop?
In the general case, it doesn't. However, it's possible that in some
cases where the stars align
Horoscopic Internet standards effort? Horror scope-ic...
No, optimization for the normal case, a worse treadmill for the
legal-but-more-unusual case. Note I've actually implemented this
a long time ago. I have never gathered any statistics on what
percentages are "normal" vs. "unusual", but my cursory look a
long time ago suggested that it met the 80-20 rule.
Mike
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