delegation-only: Who?

[William Stacey]

I join you Jim in some confusion over this.  Could someone please explain
exactly how delegation-only works in terms of NS records, queries,
responses, etc.  Maybe a talk from client query to a dns server with
delegation-only turned on and how/what it does on the backend.  TIA

-- 
William Stacey

"Jim McAtee" <jmcatee at mediaodyssey.com> wrote in message
news:bktgl1$18p0$1 at sf1.isc.org...
> Over the past several days I've read a lot of conflicting opinions on
which
> TLDs could/should/can be safely designated as delegation-only.  The list
of
> those zones that should not be so designated seems to be constantly
shifting.
> I've come to the conclusion that we won't be using the
"root-delegation-only"
> option, as I can't make heads nor tails of the statements.
>
> So, I'll use delegation-only zones.  Obviously "com" and "net" will be
> designated.  What others can safely be designated delegation-only?
>
>