Andrew Sullivan <a...@anvilwalrusden.com> wrote: > > [1] There is a mode of EPP in which nameservers are properties of domain > objects instead of first-class objects that are associated, but AFAIK anyone > who thought that was a good idea gave it up. If you renumber a host in such a > case you have to update every associated domain, and there isn't really a way > to look it up.
As far as I know, registries that don't have separate host objects require glue in fewer situations than Verisign-style registries. For example, if I change the delegation for dotat.at to include ns.example.at, I don't provide an IP address for ns.example.at because it doesn't belong to me, and the owner of example.at would not be able to keep my copy of the address of ns.example.at correct. If the address of ns.example.at changes, only the example.at domain object needs to change, and only if it uses ns.example.at as a nameserver. There's no need (and no possibility) to update every other domain that uses ns.example.at. Domain-only registries in effect only require glue addresses that the DNS needs to work, whereas domain+host registries demand more glue addresses than they need. From my perspective as a registrant domain-only registries seem to be a lot less troublesome, since my delegation management tools can work purely one domain at a time, without having to be concerned with cross-domain host object dependencies. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> https://dotat.at/ Northeast Fitzroy, Sole: Easterly or southeasterly 3 to 5. Moderate, occasionally slight at first in east, becoming rough at times in far south and far west. Occasional rain or showers. Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first in Sole. f...@mile.dotat.at:~ (master) _______________________________________________ dns-operations mailing list dns-operations@lists.dns-oarc.net https://lists.dns-oarc.net/mailman/listinfo/dns-operations