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Re: Should a nameserver know about itself?

Mats Dufberg <dufberg@nic-se.se> Wed, 09 May 2001 16:21 UTC

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From: Mats Dufberg <dufberg@nic-se.se>
To: Cathy Murphy <cathym@arin.net>
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On Wed, 9 May 2001, Cathy Murphy wrote:

> > And note, while rare, it is entirely possible for an in-addr.arpa
> > delegation to require glue A records.
>
> When would this ever happen?

If the name of the nameserver belongs to the delegated zone:

3.247.212.in-addr.arpa.   NS   nameserver.3.247.212.in-addr.arpa.
nameserver.3.247.212.in-addr.arpa. A 1.2.3.4




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