On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 01:54:08AM -0700, Robert L Mathews wrote: > At 4/21/02 12:07 AM, William X Walsh wrote: > > >Friday, Friday, April 19, 2002, 1:00:31 PM, Jonathan McDowell wrote: > > > >> Is there a reason why we still have to create host records and yet when > >> we do so with a ccTLD domain (a .uk in my case) no glue records are > >> added to the zone file? This leads to the situation whereby if one wants > >> all domains to have glue with them you have to setup your nameservers > >> under a gTLD. This would seem to defeat the purpose of having host > >> records in the first place - why are they still around in this somewhat > >> broken form? (I'm told ccTLD NS used to get glue added.) > > > >> Anyone able to shed any light on this? > > > >There is no need for glue to be added now that the gtld zones are not > >served from the same servers as the root zones. [snip] > So if the original poster really wants glue records for his .uk domain,
No. I want glue records for my .uk nameservers under my .com/.net/.org domains. Or the ability to point any number of nameserver names to the same IP address. > he could create .uk nameservers for it, and he'll get the glue. For an > exposition on why this might be desirable even beyond saving a lookup or > two, see the "Gluelessness" and "Expiring Glue" sections of: > > http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/notes.html Yes. I haven't seen anything that's said it's a bad idea other than for nameservers you don't control, rather than in a TLD situation. J. -- /------------------------------------\ | SysOps are not God. God has mercy. | | http://www.blackcatnetworks.co.uk/ | \------------------------------------/
