[dns-operations] online version checks

[Paul Vixie]

> From: David Conrad <drc at virtualized.org>
> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 08:12:37 -1000
> 
> As someone who tilted at a version of this windmill in the past, I'd
> be supportive.  However, the criticisms of what became 4892 still hold
> -- e.g., the lack of a way to ensure two queries go to the same place
> in an anycast cloud can lead to degenerate cases that may distress
> some folks.  I'd also guess that attempting to define a TLD will run
> into the "who can define a TLD" molasses...

sounds like this ship has already sunk (several times) and that name server
vendors will have to come up with their own local methods of doing this and
offer their own API's to the local management systems who want to monitor
them.  i can live with that.