From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 19 04:15:51 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C5E016A402 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:15:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Mark_Andrews@isc.org) Received: from mx.isc.org (mx.isc.org [204.152.184.167]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0308913C4C6 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:15:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Mark_Andrews@isc.org) Received: from farside.isc.org (farside.isc.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:3:bb::5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "farside.isc.org", Issuer "ISC CA" (verified OK)) by mx.isc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF65211407C for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:15:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Mark_Andrews@isc.org) Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (localhost.isc.org [IPv6:::1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "drugs.dv.isc.org", Issuer "ISC CA" (verified OK)) by farside.isc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56E28E6009 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:15:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marka@isc.org) Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by drugs.dv.isc.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l6I6s0d7049258; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:54:01 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from marka@drugs.dv.isc.org) Message-Id: <200707180654.l6I6s0d7049258@drugs.dv.isc.org> To: Volker , "Heiko Wundram (Beenic)" , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org From: Mark Andrews Mail-Followup-To: Volker , "Heiko Wundram (Beenic)" , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:45:04 MST." <20070717114504.GA78231@eos.sc1.parodius.com> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:54:00 +1000 Sender: Mark_Andrews@isc.org Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD violates RFC2870 [was: Re: Problems with named default configuration in 6-STABLE] X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:15:51 -0000 > 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