[dns-operations] is it worth trying to get people to stop declaring authority for '.' ?

Mark Andrews Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Tue Dec 2 22:11:44 UTC 2008


	Yes.

	* It breaks negative answers from such servers.  AAAA and
	  MX lookups often fail and this leads to bug reports etc.

	* It breaks algorithms which look for zone cuts.  This also
	  leads to bug reports etc.

	Mark
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