FW: subdomains without parents

[Albert.Jans at mail.ing.nl]

Where does it say in the RFC's that it is allowed to do so?

Greetings,

albert.

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From:   Barry Margolin <barmar at bbnplanet.com>[:]
Sent:   woensdag 8 december 1999 15:20
To:     comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.uu.net
Subject:        Re: FW: subdomains without parents

In article <0017A2D4.C21023 at mail.ing.nl>,  <Albert.Jans at mail.ing.nl> wrote:
>Install a name server, which is authoritative for several delegated domains and
>has a cache file pointing towards the (internal) root server, that will become
>authoritative for a domain which is not delegated or known by the (internal)
>root server or by one of the name servers in between.

Sure.  It won't receive queries from hosts that use the root server as
their starting point, but it will receive queries from hosts that point to
it directly.

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