BIND & Delegation

[Mark Andrews]

> Hi,
> 
> Mark,
> 
> What should be the correct response if a wildcard referral is used? Thanks.

	Wild card referrals are "undefined".  There is no "correct" response.
 
> Daniel
> 
> Mark Andrews said:
> >
> >> www.crm.gov.mp.         86400   IN      NS      ns1.nic.net.mp.
> >> www.crm.gov.mp.         86400   IN      NS      ns2.nic.net.mp.
> >> ;; Received 108 bytes from 202.128.29.2#53(ns1.nic.mp) in 5 ms
> >>
> >> crm.gov.mp.             43200   IN      NS      ns2.angilweb.net.
> >> crm.gov.mp.             43200   IN      NS      ns1.angilweb.net.
> >> ;; Received 112 bytes from 202.128.28.3#53(ns1.nic.net.mp) in 0 ms
> >
> > 	Well it will really help if the servers for MP handed out
> > 	the correct referral information.
> >
> > 	It looks like there is a wildcard referral for *.gov.mp.
> > 	Wildcard referrals are NOT defined in RFC 1035.
> >
> > ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> *.gov.mp +norec @202.128.29.2
> > ; (1 server found)
> > ;; res options: init defnam dnsrch
> > ;; got answer:
> > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 59864
> > ;; flags: qr; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
> > ;; QUERY SECTION:
> > ;;	*.gov.mp, type = A, class = IN
> >
> > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> > *.gov.mp.		1D IN NS	ns1.nic.net.mp.
> > *.gov.mp.		1D IN NS	ns2.nic.net.mp.
> >
> > ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> > ns1.nic.net.mp.		1D IN A		202.128.28.3
> > ns2.nic.net.mp.		1D IN A		202.128.28.2
> >
> > ;; Total query time: 309 msec
> > ;; FROM: drugs.dv.isc.org to SERVER: 202.128.29.2
> > ;; WHEN: Wed Dec 29 08:15:28 2004
> > ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 26  rcvd: 102
> >
> > --
> > Mark Andrews, ISC
> > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews at isc.org
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
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Mark Andrews, ISC
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews at isc.org