Paul Vixie <p...@redbarn.org> wrote: > Tony Finch wrote: > > > > if you are asking an authoritative-only server then you get REFUSED or > > not depending on whether the QNAME is in an authoritative zone. > > that's what this group has reached consensus on in recent months, yes. to me > that's a servfail condition, because the initiator may have better knowledge > than the server operator.
I take SERVFAIL from an auth-only server to mean "I know about that zone but it is broken right now" (e.g. expired). I think this is a useful three-way distinction. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ - I xn--zr8h punycode Malin, Hebrides: North 7 to severe gale 9, decreasing 5 or 6, then backing south later. High becoming rough or very rough. Showers. Good. _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
