BIND 9.3.2 and temp box.

[Barry Margolin]

In article <el5h0s$14qi$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Kevin Darcy <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote:

> The simple fact remains that there is no standard which unambiguously 
> allows the first RR of a master file to omit the TTL, in the absence of 
> a $TTL directive, and at least one standard (1035), which clearly 
> implies that a TTL is mandatory for the first RR. The fact that RFC 2308 
> finally clarified the point doesn't make it the relevant standard here.

This is all just silly, academic argumentation.  The DE FACTO standard 
for over a decade was that the SOA MINIMUM field specified the default 
TTL.  What's the point of saying now that the way practically everyone 
had been doing it for years was a violation of the original standard?

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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