Re: wildcard NAPTR ( was [sitefinder-tech-discuss] followup from

[Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>]

Actually, if they will commit to the NAPTR record being the _ONLY_ wildcard 
record
returned and no A record, then, it would be fairly easy because a host that 
REALLY
exists would, presumably, have an A record.

Owen


--On Wednesday, October 22, 2003 09:58:29 AM -0400 Kee Hinckley 
<nazgul@somewhere.com> wrote:

> At 4:28 AM -0700 10/22/03, bmanning@karoshi.com wrote:
> > 	the propoal outlined above recommends that -IF- wildcards
> > 	are to be used in the context of sitefinder, that it would
> > 	be more advantagious to select the NAPTR rr-type than the
> > 	A rr-type.  Selection of the A rr-type raises the issue
>
> Got it.
>
> Of course it still doesn't answer the question of how I validate whether
> a particular host exists when I'm entering data in some arbitrary
> program.  It just makes the problem less common. --
> Kee Hinckley
> http://www.messagefire.com/         Next Generation Spam Defense
> http://commons.somewhere.com/buzz/  Writings on Technology and Society
>
> I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
> responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to
> regulate everyone else's.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription
> manager: <http://lists.elistx.com/unsubscribe>

Attachment: pgp4LfvsdTEMD.pgp
Description: PGP signature