cc nameserver records in .com zone

Barry Margolin barmar at genuity.net
Thu Jan 24 15:45:52 UTC 2002


In article <a2o2g9$297 at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
Fred Viles <fv+abuse at nospam.epitools.com> wrote:
>I've been curious about why the gTLD registrars require host records 
>for all delegated servers rather than only the ones where glue is 
>actually needed.  Is it for administration simplicity?  Or for lookup 
>efficiency?

I think it's for administrative consistency.  If the registration form has
to explain when an IP is required and when it isn't, many registrants will
screw up.  It's easier to just ask for it every time, and ignore it when
it's not needed for glue records.

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