Paul Hoffman <paul.hoff...@vpnc.org> wrote: > > +1 to David's comment. I have always heard that sending the full name > was an optimization for authoritative severs that spanned more than one > level, and that such servers were common in "the early days".
It's also an optimization for dual-purpose authoritative + recursive servers, in the days before they were considered a bad idea. > It is worth pointing this out in this draft, and to also say that that > situation may be much less common now than it was in antiquity. I don't think you have to go that far back to find (e.g.) root servers also authoritative for big GTLDs. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ Dover, Wight, Portland, Plymouth: South 5 or 6, veering southwest 6 to gale 8, becoming cyclonic 4 or 5 later. Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough in Portland and Plymouth. Rain. Good, occasionally poor. _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
