Re: Should a nameserver know about itself?

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> For those that aren't familar with our DNS operations, we manage in an
> automated fashion the reverse delegations for the Asia Pacific Region.
> 
> We've assumed (in writing one of our automated delegation tests) that a
> given nameserver is 'responding' if it knows about itself, ie, can supply,
> when queried, an A/AAAA/A6 record and/or a PTR record for its own name/IP
> address.
> 
> Unfortunately, we're running into a number of delegations that are failing
> as the given nameservers fail both of the above tests, ie, the given
> nameserver cannot supply any information about itself.
> 
> Is the assumption that a nameserver should have information about itself
> correct?

	The assumption is incorrect.  The only time it has to be able to
	retrieve its own address is when it lives within a domain it
	serves.  It never needs to know its own name.

	Mark

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