From owner-freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 25 16:44:35 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0323737B401 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 16:44:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU [128.205.32.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 316B143FD7 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 16:44:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (kensmith@localhost [127.0.0.1]) h5PNiXbr022925 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:44:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from kensmith@localhost) by electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h5PNiX3w022924 for freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:44:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:44:33 -0400 From: Ken Smith To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030625234433.GB22339@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> References: <3EF9A5FD.22140.3F8EC95E@localhost> <3EF9F650.2909.40C896BC@localhost> <20030625233455.GA22339@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030625233455.GA22339@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: DRAFT - DNS Admin Guide X-BeenThere: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Distributions Hubs: mail sup ftp List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 23:44:35 -0000 On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 07:34:55PM -0400, Ken Smith wrote: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 07:21:52PM -0400, Dan Langille wrote: > > > DNS is distributed. The actions should be distributed as well. Why > > should people contact dnsadm@ if they want to add hosts to > > nz.freebsd.org? > > If it's possible to communicate that in a way that it doesn't add > to confusion I'm all for it but I can't figure out a way that is > deterministic without *requiring* every country take on the responsibility > for their zone. If that's what everyone else thinks is good I'll shut > up about it. :-) I'm just trying to take the end-users' guesswork out > of figuring out where to send the request. ... And apparently I didn't understand your previous example as well as I thought. I'm suggesting dnsadm@ do record keeping at the *zone* level. *Not* host level. As you say it's distributed, if you wanted to add in a new host for some special purpose dnsadm@ doesn't need to know a thing about it. If the Mirror Site Coordinator happens to remember nz.freebsd.org is delegated s/he doesn't *need* to contact dnsadm@ and they can go straight to you. But if they forget that nz.freebsd.org is delegated they can just send to dnsadm@ and it will find its way to you. But if you're adding in an entire new zone inside of nz.freebsd.org IMO it would be best if dnsadm@ be aware of it. -- Ken Smith - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu there, funny things are everywhere. | - Theodore Geisel |