[RFCI-Discuss] Interesting Question

[Derek J. Balling]

On Dec 4, 2005, at 2:25 PM, Alex van den Bogaerdt wrote:
> Well... you didn't ask for authority, you asked for name servers.

Right, but if the server isn't authoritative, then -- especially if  
it's authoritative for the parent zone -- it should be providing me  
with the direction to go to get the answer.

One could argue that

o	If a.gtld-servers.net is authoritative for "COM"
o	If it is asked for "NS" for "YAHOO.COM"
o	If it says "I don't have an authoritative answer" (no "aa" flag)
o	If it doesn't point in a direction of authority

That regardless of what "helpful info" it puts in the ANSWERS  
section, then that path is dead, and no such servers exist, because  
non-authoritative answers aren't worth the bits that carried them.

> Alex, not Theo

LOL, that's what I get for multi-tasking. Gosh I hope I didn't  
address Theo as Alex in the e-mail I sent to him... hehehe.

D


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