my local zone rejected

Jim Reid jim at rfc1035.com
Fri Apr 20 07:53:40 UTC 2001


>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Darcy <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> writes:

    >>  True, but why would anyone want/need to manage their zones
    >> with Dynamic DNS? Why give up audit trails, good change control
    >> and well-commented zone files?

    Kevin> Audit trails and change control can and probably should be
    Kevin> done outside of the zonefiles themselves.

Perhaps, but they're harder to do when there's a free-for-all with
DDNS on the zone file.

    Kevin> What kind of comments are you referring to? If they're just
    Kevin> "zonefile navigation aids", e.g. "delegations start here",
    Kevin> then that's a circular justification -- once it's no longer
    Kevin> necessary to navigate zone files, then the need for the
    Kevin> comments evaporates.

I'm referring to comments like "don't remove or change the RR below
because foo depends on it" or "the following RRset is a short-term
kludge that can go away when the foobar project is over".


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