> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Andrews [mailto:ma...@isc.org]
>
> Named does not check that a parent zone has NS records for a child
> zone on the same server.  Always add delegating NS records.
>
> As for ENT returning NXDOMAIN.  Early versions of the specifications
> of DNSSEC said there were no NAMES, rather than NAMES with RECORDS,
> between names in a DNSSEC sorted zone.  This changed the behaviour
> of ENTs from NODATA to NXDOMAIN.  Versions of named which supported
> this specification of DNSSEC return NXDOMAIN rather than NODATA for
> ENT.
>
> It took a while to get the IETF working group to update to
> specification to restore ENT.
>
Mark,

Good point on NS records and thanks for the background on this.  Guess
it's always better to follow the spec rather than lean on a side effect
with fingers crossed :)


/John

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