On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, D. J. Bernstein wrote: > Let me get this straight. After the BIND company > > (1) issues an RFC that clearly allows NXDOMAIN in this situation, > (2) tells a new implementor that NXDOMAIN in this situation is fine, > (3) publishes BIND 9, which uses NXDOMAIN in this situation, and > (4) allows this use of NXDOMAIN to be deployed for four years, (1) did not happen. (2) was a mistake by one person, not by a company or the IETF. (3) is a bug in bind 9. (4) is a bug in bind 9. > you think it's perfectly reasonable for the BIND company to change its > mind and publish a new RFC saying---without a shred of justification--- > that NXDOMAIN in this situation is prohibited? Since the premises to not hold, the conclusion makes no sense. --apb (Alan Barrett)