On Feb 7, 2019, at 9:16 AM, Tony Finch <[email protected]> wrote:
> But in this scenario things soon go wrong, because RFC 2181 says the
> NODATA reply replaces the delegation records in the resolver's cache. This
> means that if a client explicitly asks for the NS records of a zone that
> lacks them, resolution for other records in the zone will subsequently
> fail.

Ah, there you have it.   So then it _is_ required.   Kevin’s point also points 
in that direction.

Is there somewhere in a later spec where this is stated explicitly, then?

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