Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:54:00 +1000 From: Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews@isc.org> To: Volker <volker@vwsoft.com>, "Heiko Wundram (Beenic)" <wundram@beenic.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD violates RFC2870 [was: Re: Problems with named default configuration in 6-STABLE] Message-ID: <200707180654.l6I6s0d7049258@drugs.dv.isc.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:45:04 MST." <20070717114504.GA78231@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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> On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 12:47:50PM +0200, Volker wrote: > > As I think having a default to hint root zone is better, I'll file a > > PR about that. > > Which leads me to ask: > > Why hasn't anyone recommended using stub zones for this? It seems the > goal is to cache NS records from the rootservers, and stub zones don't > utilise AXFR/IXFR. Because a root server (stealth slave) can generate the NXDOMAIN responses locally. This really is a big win for ISP's where there are lots of leaked queries for private tlds, IPv4 addresses etc. Whether there is a benefit for everyone is still open to debate. Mark > -- > | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | > | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | > | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | > | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews@isc.org
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