[dns-operations] SE and the value of having NS in more than one TLD

[Matthew Dempsky]

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Doug Barton <dougb at dougbarton.us> wrote:
> Apparently the good folks at SE made a mistake with their host file
> today and ended up with NS records of the form [a-j].ns.se.se. While
> the problem has been corrected, and I certainly don't want to "pile
> on" I thought this was a good time to mention the value of having NS
> records in more than one TLD, even if you ARE a TLD. :)

How would that have helped?  Wouldn't "k.se-ns.com" have been
interpreted as "k.se-ns.com.se" just the same?