> 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.
You can point any number of nameserver names to the same IP address (in the CNO registry, your mileage may vary at other registries). You can't setup glue for ccTLD nameservers in the CNO registry because the CNO zone file is only authoritative for CNO names! Charles Daminato OpenSRS Product Manager Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jonathan McDowell > Sent: April 21, 2002 7:21 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Host records, ccTLD NS and lack of glue. > > > 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/ | > \------------------------------------/
