In message <21906507.2046.1410990673107.javamail.r...@benjamin.baylink.com>, Ja y Ashworth writes: > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mark Andrews" <ma...@isc.org> > > > Search lists are for hosts and host like things. Resolver libraries > > have different interfaces for different purposes. Single label > > hostnames for reaching non local equipment was deliberately phase > > out in the 1980's as it was clearly a bad concept. > > Yes, and we're discussing the practical reason *why* it's a bad concept. > > :-) > > My abject apologies to everyone who didn't get that I was talking about > the *source* of the problem by synecdoche.
The source of the problem is bad search list handling. It wouldn't matter what records are there if the search list handling was correct. -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org
