On 10/24/2011 05:16, Keith Moore wrote: > That's the point - search lists are not appropriate most of the time, and > it's very hard for software to distinguish the cases where they are > potentially appropriate from the cases when they're not, and it's not > possible for software to do this in all cases.
There's been something missing from this discussion, and I finally put my finger on it. TMK most stub resolvers have an option similar to this one from ISC's: ndots:n sets a threshold for the number of dots which must appear in a name given to res_query() (see resolver(3)) before an initial absolute query will be made. The default for n is “1”, mean‐ ing that if there are any dots in a name, the name will be tried first as an absolute name before any search list elements are appended to it. So it seems that this question is already a matter of local policy, which given the number and quality of the divergent views seems eminently reasonable. Can we move on now? Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/ _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop