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RE: Distilling Wildcards for MARID Monday

2004-05-27 15:02:48

2) Given that DNS wildcards only match on non-existent names 
(not name  
and type), what is the functional difference between covering a  
non-existent domain name with a MARID record vs. no record at all?

This is a really big issue for MARID. 

What can a wildcard name say that 'name does not exist' does not
shout?

Only idea that seemed to make much sense for me would be where 
there is already a wildcard in the zone pointing to some IP address.


MX wildcards make a lot of sense, they are like putting a net
up to catch loose balls. But a MARID wildcard would be like having
a net to throw...