Re: using DNS for rfc1327 mapping rules, new I-D summary

Christian Huitema <Christian.Huitema@sophia.inria.fr> Mon, 11 October 1993 12:52 UTC

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To: Claudio.Allocchio@elettra.trieste.it
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Subject: Re: using DNS for rfc1327 mapping rules, new I-D summary
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From: Christian Huitema <Christian.Huitema@sophia.inria.fr>

Claudio,

Your draft is fine, but the use of the same syntax with two different meanings is
quite confusing:


>*.inria.fr.   IN  XA  10   inria.fr#PRMD-inria.ADMD-red.C-fr
>
>on the other way...
>
>*.PRMD-inria.ADMD-red.C-fr.X400.fr. IN XA 10  PRMD-inria.ADMD-red.C-fr#inria.fr
>
>or better (C-fr is just redundant!)
>
>*.PRMD-inria.ADMD-red.X400.fr.      IN XA 10  PRMD-inria.ADMD-red.C-fr#inria.fr

I would suggest that you either use:

PRMD-inria.ADMD-red.X400.fr.   IN PTR inria.fr

or 

*.PRMD-inria.ADMD-red.X400.fr.      IN XA 10  inria.fr#PRMD-inria.ADMD-red.C-fr

In fact, I see why you would like to use the XA record -- having a "catch all" is
nice.

Christian Huitema