Hi,

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 04:10:53PM -0400, Bob Harold wrote:
> 
> Stealth server -- This is the same as a slave server except that it
>    is not listed in an NS resource record for the zone.  (Quoted from
>    [RFC1996], section 2.1) A stealth server is often actually a master
>    for zone transfers, and in that case is called a "hidden master".
> 
> 
> A Stealth server is often a primary master, which I believe is *not* "the
> same as a slave server", but rather a separate case.  A Stealth server can
> be master or slave.

I know people use it that way, but the definition in RFC1996 is what
it is and we mostly try to cleave to that.  I think what you're
talking about is exactly the "hidden master" in the text already, no?

>    in a response.  For example, the server for the parent zone
>    example.com might reply with glue records for ns.child.example.com.
>    Because the child.example.com zone is a descendant of the example.com
>    zone, both glue records are in-bailiwick.
> 
> 
> In the last sentence "both" seems out of place, I think "the" would be
> better.

Good catch, thanks.

A

-- 
Andrew Sullivan
a...@anvilwalrusden.com

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