Re: [DNSOP] BULK RR as optional feature

Paul Vixie <paul@redbarn.org> Wed, 29 March 2017 00:31 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] BULK RR as optional feature
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generally, we have not worried about versioning or capability
negotiation among axfr/ixfr partners. a zone administrator can simply
choose primary and secondary servers on the basis of advertised
capabilities, and remove any who can't conform.

last time we had this discussion, it emerged that many secondary and
primary name service providers had their own private protocol and either
did not support ixfr/axfr at all, or did not support any of their
competitive extensions (like apex cname) over ixfr/axfr.

it's my view that BULK is better than $GENERATE and i would have
proposed the former rather than the latter had i known then what i know
now. i further believe that it need not be a negotiated capability
between ixfr/axfr partners.

vixie