On Mar 13, 2015, at 8:39 AM, Shumon Huque <shu...@gmail.com> wrote: > It might be worth also clarifying another thing. The definition states "These > RRs are only necessary if", but doesn't clearly include or exclude the > possibility > that other address records for NS names that don't sit below the zone cut, > and > were gratuitously provided in the referral response, qualify to be called > 'glue'. I > think they should not be called glue (they don't meet my intuitive > understanding > of the meaning of 'glue', as gluing up a hole in the resolution path). But > clarity on > this point would be welcome.
If there is a well-accepted name for "address records that come with glue records but are not actually glue records", we can add it, but I am hesitant for this document becoming a list of things observed in the wild that don't already have names. FWIW, what we tentatively have for the next draft is: Glue records -- Resource records which are not part of the authoritative data [for a zone], and are address resource records for the servers [in a subzone]. These RRs are only necessary if the name server's name is "below" the cut, and are only used as part of a referral response. (Definition from RFC 1034, section 4.2.1) --Paul Hoffman _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
