Suggestion for FAQ improvement

Nate Campi nate at campin.net
Sun Mar 24 06:26:43 UTC 2002


On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 07:45:33PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
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> Michael Kjorling wrote:
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> > In the FAQ answer for the "CNAME and other data" problem
> > (http://dougbarton.net/bind-users/FAQ.html#CNAME-other), I believe
> > that it would not be inappropriate to mention that the DNSSEC record
> > types KEY, NXT and SIG are excluded from the "CNAME and other data"
> > rule.
> 
> 	I considered that, but IMO DNSSEC is a more advanced topic, and
> unecessarily confusing for new users. 

Compromise suggestion: 

For exceptions to this rule which only apply if using the DNSSEC
extensions, see http://blah/dnssec.html

This way they get the fact that there is an exception, but don't get
slammed with the details.
-- 
Nate

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