> Apparently, you aren't even aware that your changes will make all non-bind > 9 servers non-compliant. Had you been aware of that, it seems you would > have brought this proposal forward something like 3 years ago, before > releasing Bind 9, and before publishing a book on the subject. A data point. http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/00jul/I-D/dnsext-axfr-clarify-00.txt INTERNET-DRAFT Andreas Gustafsson draft-ietf-dnsext-axfr-clarify-00.txt Nominum Inc. March 2000 Seems to be 3 years ago. Erik