Re: frequent queries to root servers

2016-01-30 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 30.01.2016 um 22:40 schrieb Grant Taylor: On 01/30/2016 04:44 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: From RFC 1034 - Domain names - concepts and facilities: Of course, by the robustness principle, domain software should not fail when presented with CNAME chains or loops; CNAME chains should be followed a

Re: frequent queries to root servers

2016-01-30 Thread John Levine
>If chained CNAMEs work for you, more power to you. But don't be >surprised if they fail unexpectedly at some point. If they don't, you'll have a lot of unhappy users since there's a whole lot of the Internet they won't be able to see. Try www.apple.com and www.microsoft.com, both of which ha

Re: frequent queries to root servers

2016-01-30 Thread Grant Taylor
On 01/30/2016 04:44 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: nonsense Okay ... From RFC 1034 - Domain names - concepts and facilities: Of course, by the robustness principle, domain software should not fail when presented with CNAME chains or loops; CNAME chains should be followed and CNAME loops signalled a

Re: frequent queries to root servers

2016-01-30 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 30.01.2016 um 03:45 schrieb Grant Taylor: On 01/26/2016 04:46 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: violating what? Chaining CNAMEs is a violation according to RFCs. nonsense From RFC 1034 - Domain names - concepts and facilities: Of course, by the robustness principle, domain software should not f