Casey Deccio <ca...@deccio.net> wrote: > > Glue records -- "[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." Without glue "we could be faced with the situation > where the NS RRs tell us that in order to learn a name server's > address, we should contact the server using the address we wish to > learn." (Definition from RFC 1034, section 4.2.1) > > A later definition is that glue "includes any record in a zone file > that is not properly part of that zone, including nameserver records > of delegated sub-zones (NS records), address records that accompany > those NS records (A, AAAA, etc), and any other stray data that might > appear" ([RFC2181], section 5.4.1). Although glue is sometimes used > today with this wider definition in mind, the context surrounding the > RFC 2181 definition suggests it is intended to apply to the use of glue > within document itself and not necessarily beyond.
I like this wording. Re "other stray data", can we conclude if it includes or excludes occluded records (as in RFC 6672 section 5.2 and RFC 2136 paragraph 7.18)? Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ Fair Isle: Easterly 4 or 5 becoming cyclonic 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 later in west. Moderate becoming rough or very rough, then high later in far west. Rain, fog patches. Moderate or good, occasionally very poor. _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
