> Robert Elz writes: > > If you have a proposal for some method to actually cause the parent/child > > delegation to *always* be compatible (glue in parent matches records in > > child, always), then please don't keep it a secret > > Read about timestamps in http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/tinydns-data.html. It's > not my fault that BIND can't handle this trivial synchronization. > > If you're trying to say that the RFC 1034 requirement should be loosened > to allow semi-synchronized changes (parent zone is changed after all the > child servers have changed), go ahead and make that proposal in DNSEXT, > and we'll discuss it. But don't try to sneak it past us as part of an > ``AXFR clarification.'' Semi-synchronized changes have always been part of the DNS. Anyone who believes otherwise is deluding themselves. Mark -- Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews@isc.org