From: Thomas Bridge (tbridge at domain vianetworks.ie)
Date: Thu 11 Apr 2002 - 20:38:45 IST
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At 19:05 11/04/2002 +0100, Nick Murtagh wrote:
> > you think? how do you explain AXFR, NOTIFY and IXFR being part of the
> > DNS protocol then? and the presence of the serial field...
>
>Just because it's in the protocol doesn't mean it's a good idea, or necessary.
IXFR is neccessary, particular for the large TLD zone files.
Also, the other argument behind the whole Master/Slave architecture is that
if you are allowing workstations to register themselves in your DNS space
(eg within a Windows platform), they only have to contact one server (the
master, which is defined in the SOA record) rather than all the servers for
that domain.
We may all aspire to a Windows free world, but in the meantime some people
do need to be able to implement it.
T.
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