Re: DNS goofups galore...

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>]

"Michael H. Warfield" wrote:
> 
> > Please explain how there is any different between an CNAME or MX pointing
> > to an A record in a different SOA versus an MX pointing to a CNAME
> > pointing to an A record where at least one pair is local (same SOA).
> 
>         Ah!  But now you are placing conditions on it (that at least one
> pair is local).  That is the very fine distinction that makes up the
> "not quite" in the "almost" above and the difference between the "should
> not" vs the "must not" in the specifications.  You basically can't qualify
> it by saying "you can do this, but only if one pair is in the same SOA".
> 

No.  My point is that potential for inefficiency is not a valid reason
for banning something outright.  This should be an administrative
decision, nothing more.

	-hpa

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