[db-wg] Re: Proposal to change the syntax of "nserver:" attribute
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Katie Petrusha
katie at ripe.net
Fri Jun 2 14:29:43 CEST 2006
On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 01:22:47PM +0200, Havard Eidnes wrote: Dear Havard, > it's possible that I've overlooked the real background of this > issue, so please forgive me for asking: > > > Motivation: > > > > We plan to automate management of DNS delegation in the > > e164.arpa zone (ENUM). The provisioning system, with the RIPE > > Database as a front end, must support IPv6 glue records. > > While I can agree that out of completeness it is good to have the > support for glue records in the software, I still wonder if > anyone has specifically asked for being able to name the name > servers for these delegation points within the delegated domain? Yes, this feature was explicitly requested. > This would be the only real reason for registering the glue > information, as otherwise the glue information is not needed, and > in fact might be extraneous information more likely to cause > confusion and a maintenance problem than actually being helpful. > Anyone for a "detect unneeded glue" feature? ;-) > > After all, there's a strictly limited number of delegations which > the RIPE database software needs to handle. > > Regards, > > - Håvard -- Katie Petrusha RIPE NCC
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