In article <CAFwa7wdQLn+L7uxOf7Xs-z=kYwsfgSn=xrjf56aa+c8m3zs...@mail.gmail.com> you write: >Summary: >A top-level domain (TLD) is a special type of zone that typically only >has one task: to delegate authority for second-level domains. The >delegation uses NS records that identify the name server for a domain. >An orphan record is a former glue record for which the related domain no >longer exists in the zone (the delegation has been removed) ◦ These records >are supposed to be removed after a delegation is removed or changed. This >draft standardised the handling of these orphan records for data >transparency, security and privacy features for registrants.
Earlier this year here in dnsop someone proposed a way for a zone to state that it is "delegation only", which means among other things that it has no orphan glue. After quite a lot of discussion we found that there are a lot of reasons that TLDs contain records that look like orphan glue some of which are glue and some of which are not, and many of which are there quite deliberately. I'd encourage you to look through the archives and read that discussion. I doubt that there is anything we could say here that registries would find helpful. Everyone already knows that actual orphan glue can be a problem. R's, John _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
