> Providing servers for in-addr service is not the same as setting ptr records
> for hosts. I agree that the managers of space on bit boundaries, ie, /8,
> /16, and /24 should provide servers for those below them. The shorter the
> prefix, the more important it is that the server be available. However,
> this in no way obligates the end host to use the service, it merely gives
> that host the option of using it.
>
> Ray
Yep. thats fair. The problem is that for the case where the /24 doesn't do it
the /16 holder cops the problem: so it an indirect effect on somebody else
and usually a small number of somebody else! (and obviously the same
for the /8 holder for a /16 not running server)
So if you modify the sense of my comment to be that bit-boundary aligned
space-owners SHOULD provide servers, I strongly agree.
-George
