Re: Wild card MXes

You don't need to do anything for them to work.

All of your arguments to the contrary have been disproven.


On 5/28/2004 12:14 AM, Bob Atkinson wrote:

> I'm going to stop here.
>
> I meant what I said about our ability to ship software with new RR
> types. Nothing you have said indicates to the contrary.
>
>       Bob
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Eric A. Hall [mailto:ehall(_at_)ehsco(_dot_)com]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 10:05 PM
> > To: Bob Atkinson
> > Cc: Gordon Fecyk; ietf-mxcomp(_at_)imc(_dot_)org
> > Subject: Re: Wild card MXes
> >
> >
> > As I said the first time, adding it to servers is a bit more fuzzy but
> > still quite possible.
> >
> > DDNS updates from a local application or a nearby host with
> authorization
>
> > are entirely legitimate means to the end.
> >
> > Besides, you keep saying "there's no way" when that's provably not the
> > case at all.
> >
> >
> > On 5/28/2004 12:01 AM, Bob Atkinson wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Please,
> > >
> > > Did you try to add it to the zone master file?
> > >
> > >     Bob
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Eric A. Hall [mailto:ehall(_at_)ehsco(_dot_)com]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 7:31 PM
> > > > To: Bob Atkinson
> > > > Cc: Gordon Fecyk; ietf-mxcomp(_at_)imc(_dot_)org
> > > > Subject: Re: Wild card MXes
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 5/27/2004 8:48 PM, Bob Atkinson wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > To be as clear as I can: Windows implementations of MARID cannot
> > > (and so
> > >
> > >
> > > > > will not) query for new RR types, nor can they serve them up from
> > > their
> > >
> > >
> > > > > DNS servers.
> > > > You keep saying that. Here's proof to the contrary ('arachnid' is a
> > > > windows 2000 advanced server host, with the labs.ntrg.com. zone
> hosted
>
> > > > inside active directory):
> > > >
> > > > [ 21:24:34 -- weasel:/mnt/home/root/ ]
> > > > [ ehall$ ] nsupdate
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > server arachnid.labs.ntrg.com
> > > > > update add foo.labs.ntrg.com 86400 TYPE64999 \# 15
> > > > 763D73706631202B6D78202D616C6C
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [ 21:25:19 -- weasel:/mnt/home/root/ ]
> > > > [ ehall$ ] dig @arachnid.labs.ntrg.com foo.labs.ntrg.com. any
> > > >
> > > > ; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> @arachnid.labs.ntrg.com foo.labs.ntrg.com. any
> > > > ;; global options:  printcmd
> > > > ;; Got answer:
> > > > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 56048
> > > > ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0,
> ADDITIONAL:
>
> > > 0
> > >
> > >
> > > > ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> > > > ;foo.labs.ntrg.com.             IN      ANY
> > > >
> > > > ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> > > > foo.labs.ntrg.com.      86400   IN      TYPE64999 \# 15
> > > > 763D73706631202B6D78202D616C6C
> > > >
> > > > ;; Query time: 103 msec
> > > > ;; SERVER: 207.65.71.5#53(arachnid.labs.ntrg.com)
> > > > ;; WHEN: Thu May 27 21:25:44 2004
> > > > ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 62
> > > >
> > > > Record was added to Win2k Active Directory zone via Dynamic DNS
> update
>
> > > > operation and retrieved via standard query.
> > > >
> > > > The protocols do not require you to do anything. whether you have
> > > broken
> > >
> > >
> > > > this functionality in later products is something I cannot test.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Eric A. Hall
> > > http://www.ehsco.com/
> > >
> > >
> > > > Internet Core Protocols
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> > --
> > Eric A. Hall
> http://www.ehsco.com/
>
> > Internet Core Protocols
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