On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 04:52:35PM -0800, Buhrmaster, Gary wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com [mailto:bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com] Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 4:32 PM To: Patrick W. Gilmore Cc: NANOG list Subject: Re: What DNS Is Not
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notbeing Paul, its rude of me to respond - yet you posted this to a public list ... so here goes.
Why do you find your behaviour in your domains acceptable and yet the same behaviour in others zones to be "a Bad Thing" and should be stopped?
Ok, devils advocate argument.
Is there is a difference between being a domain "owner" (Patrick wanting to wildcard the domain he has paid for), and a domain "custodian" (Verisign for the .com example) in whether wildcards are ever acceptable in the DNS responses you provide?
good question - does patrick own the domain or has he paid for the registration of mapping a string into a database? either? both? neither? I'll lay out what I just did in private email a moment ago. regardless of payment, ownership, or other considerations, we all (who manage a delegation point) are stewards of that delegation. Patrick, as steward of a domain, feels certain behaviours are acceptable when he performs them within his stewardship, yet is nonplused when another steward does the exact same thing in a different delegation. not being able to resist the analogy.... Its ok for me to practice indentured servitude in my home, yet when I see my neighbor practicing it in their home - I call the cops on her for practicing slavery. and hope that no one notices me. --bill