Variations on lame delegations (terminology question)

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> My understanding of a "lame delegation" is that a listed nameserver for 
> a zone is not authoritative for that zone.
> 
> What terminology is/should be used if the listed nameserver isn't 
> a nameserver?  I.e. if it isn't and never does run a DNS nameserver?
> 
> And what if the NSDNAME of the NS record points to either a completely 
> non-existant node, or that node has no address records (A or AAAA)?

	They are all lame delegations.
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