Harald Alvestrand wrote:
> > [n] The service MUST ensure that all of the authoritative servers > > for a zone will answer an identical query with identical answers. > > [2] The service MUST preserve the basic concept and facilities of domain > names as described in RFC 1034. It MUST maintain a single, global, > universal, and consistent hierarchical namespace. > > [5] The same name resolution request MUST generate the same response, > regardless of the location or localization settings in the resolver, in > the master server, and in any slave servers involved in the resolution > process. > > I think it's hard to satisfy [2] and [5] without satisfying [n]. To me, [5] read like a localization rule, not a data consistency rule. If there is consensus that [2] and [5] combine to satisfy [n], then [n] is not necessary. -- Eric A. Hall http://www.ehsco.com/ Internet Core Protocols http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coreprot/
