On 16 Jul 2003, D. J. Bernstein wrote: > Jim Reid writes: > > You're making a false assumption that the transport protocol used for > > querying the server matters to the end client. > > No. > > We're talking about delegations. A parent DNS server, specifically one > of the root DNS servers, provides child DNS server addresses, such as > the .com DNS server addresses. > > The program using the .com DNS server addresses is the same DNS resolver > that was talking to the root DNS server. Why is it useful for this DNS > resolver to receive _both_ an A record and an AAAA record for a single > .com DNS server? If it reached the root DNS server through IPv4, for > example, then why would it want AAAA records for the .com DNS servers?
Why do you think the resolver moving from parent to child is the *only* one using that information ? -- Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings #---------------------------------------------------------------------- # To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
