For what it is worth I argued for removal of support for partially qualified domain names when looking at resolving the issues in RFC 1535. "ndots" was the compromise.
I also argued for searches stopping on nodata responses. I felt and continue to feel both of these are security issues. If RFC 1535 came up today I believe that different decisions may have been made but give the political climate at the time that was the best I could get. -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org
