Re: Should a nameserver know about itself?

"Kenneth Porter" <shiva@well.com> Fri, 11 May 2001 15:16 UTC

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On Fri, 11 May 2001 10:24:27 +1000 (EST), Bruce Campbell wrote:

>Currently we reject on:
>
>	non-authoritative
>	SOA mismatches across supplied nameservers
>	NS listing mismatches across supplied nameservers (both what they
>		supply and whats in the actual zone file)

How tolerant are you of transient mismatches? One would expect them
during zone updates.

Ken
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