Re: Delegations

2012-11-01 Thread Chris Buxton
On Oct 31, 2012, at 2:31 PM, Kevin Darcy wrote: > I know of at least 2 commerically-available DNS maintenance systems that, by > default, do not allow what they call "dotted hostnames", by which they mean a > name which is at least 2 labels below a zone cut, e.g. "foo.bar" in the > "example.com"

Re: Delegations

2012-11-01 Thread Chris Buxton
On Oct 31, 2012, at 4:02 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > On 10/31/2012 03:56 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: >> You are equating a practice that was techically wrong, and known >> to be wrong from the get go, with one that has never been techically >> wrong. > > Yes, I'm making exactly the same judgment that typ

Re: Delegations

2012-11-01 Thread WBrown
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Re: Delegations

2012-11-01 Thread Sam Wilson
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Re: Delegations

2012-11-01 Thread Jan-Piet Mens
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Re: Delegations

2012-11-01 Thread Sam Wilson
In article , Mark Andrews wrote: > In message <5091adef.1040...@dougbarton.us>, Doug Barton writes: > > On 10/31/2012 03:56 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: > > > You are equating a practice that was techically wrong, and known > > > to be wrong from the get go, with one that has never been techically >

Re: Delegations

2012-10-31 Thread Mark Andrews
In message <5091adef.1040...@dougbarton.us>, Doug Barton writes: > On 10/31/2012 03:56 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: > > You are equating a practice that was techically wrong, and known > > to be wrong from the get go, with one that has never been techically > > wrong. > > Yes, I'm making exactly the s

Re: Delegations

2012-10-31 Thread Doug Barton
On 10/31/2012 03:56 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: > You are equating a practice that was techically wrong, and known > to be wrong from the get go, with one that has never been techically > wrong. Yes, I'm making exactly the same judgment that typical users make. "It works, so it must be Ok." The fact

Re: Delegations

2012-10-31 Thread Mark Andrews
In message <5091a8bc.70...@dougbarton.us>, Doug Barton writes: > On 10/31/2012 03:22 PM, Chris Thompson wrote: > > On Oct 31 2012, Kevin Darcy wrote: > > > > [...snip...] > >> I know of at least 2 commerically-available DNS maintenance systems > >> that, by default, do not allow what they call "d

Re: Delegations

2012-10-31 Thread Doug Barton
On 10/31/2012 03:22 PM, Chris Thompson wrote: > On Oct 31 2012, Kevin Darcy wrote: > > [...snip...] >> I know of at least 2 commerically-available DNS maintenance systems >> that, by default, do not allow what they call "dotted hostnames", by >> which they mean a name which is at least 2 labels be

Re: Delegations

2012-10-31 Thread Chris Thompson
On Oct 31 2012, Kevin Darcy wrote: [...snip...] I know of at least 2 commerically-available DNS maintenance systems that, by default, do not allow what they call "dotted hostnames", by which they mean a name which is at least 2 labels below a zone cut, e.g. "foo.bar" in the "example.com" zone. T

Re: Delegations

2012-10-31 Thread Chris Thompson
On Oct 31 2012, Phil Mayers wrote: On 10/31/2012 06:51 PM, Doug Barton wrote: It may or may not be strictly necessary to do this depending on everything else you have in the zone, but it's safer in the long term to do it this way. Are you suggesting it's best of the OP creates "l2.example.co

Re: Delegations

2012-10-31 Thread Kevin Darcy
On 10/31/2012 5:15 PM, Phil Mayers wrote: On 10/31/2012 06:51 PM, Doug Barton wrote: It may or may not be strictly necessary to do this depending on everything else you have in the zone, but it's safer in the long term to do it this way. Are you suggesting it's best of the OP creates "l2.exam

Re: Delegations

2012-10-31 Thread Phil Mayers
On 10/31/2012 06:51 PM, Doug Barton wrote: It may or may not be strictly necessary to do this depending on everything else you have in the zone, but it's safer in the long term to do it this way. Are you suggesting it's best of the OP creates "l2.example.com" as a sub-zone? Why it this nece

Re: Delegations

2012-10-31 Thread Doug Barton
On 10/31/2012 10:12 AM, wbr...@e1b.org wrote: > I have a zone file for example.org that has entries for a subdomain > l2.example.org like this: > > vpn.l2 IN A10.1.2.3 > > Now they want to add a subdomain below l2, ie. ad.l2.eboces.org with hosts > such as dc.ad.l2.eboces.org A

Re: Delegations

2012-10-31 Thread WBrown
Phil wrote on 10/31/2012 02:15:16 PM: > You terminology is a bit confusing here. "subdomain" is imprecise. Sorry, I meant it as a piece of the FQDN. > Specify what *zones* you want, and where you want the delegations, and > it should be easy to see what will work and not. > Yes, if I've unde

Re: Delegations

2012-10-31 Thread Tony Finch
Phil Mayers wrote: > > No. Zone cuts can be at any label inside a zone. Provided "inside" does not include the zone apex :-) Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finchhttp://dotat.at/ Forties, Cromarty: East, veering southeast, 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first. Rough, becoming slight or moderate. Showers, r

Re: Delegations

2012-10-31 Thread Phil Mayers
On 31/10/12 17:12, wbr...@e1b.org wrote: I have a zone file for example.org that has entries for a subdomain l2.example.org like this: vpn.l2 IN A10.1.2.3 Now they want to add a subdomain below l2, ie. ad.l2.eboces.org with hosts such as dc.ad.l2.eboces.org You terminology is