Re: [sitefinder-tech-discuss] Pseudo code please

[Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>]

Then wildcards should not be implemented in .com and .net.

1.      The RCODE-3 / NXDOMAIN result is a useful part of the protocol
       which many applications have come to expect in the .com and .net
       zones.

2.      There is no clear or compelling reason to break this functionality.

3.      There are other ways in which a site-finder like service can be (and has
       been) implemented that do not have this negative operational impact.

Owen


--On Thursday, October 23, 2003 07:35:43 AM -0700 bmanning@karoshi.com wrote:

> > > The real question is:
> > >        Given a hostname provided to my resolver library, how do I return
> > >        a result which is different depending on whether the A record
> > >        lookup returns an A record created by the nameservers which are
> > >        authoritative for foo.example.com vs. an A record synthesized
> > >        from a wildcard at a higher-level zone?
> >
> > Thanks, I like that description.
> > --
> > Kee Hinckley
>
> 	the answer - it is not possible for the resolver to tell.
>
> --bill

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