domain name entries in a zone

[Barry Margolin]

In article <c9o7vn$7lr$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 "Preston Wade" <Preston_Wade at hilton.com> wrote:

> I think that because, I think of a domain and a host as two different =
> types of nodes.  If you want host type entries such as foo.com then they =
> should live in the com domain.  If you want host type entries such as =
> www.foo.com then they should live in the foo.com domain.

Your thinking is misguided.  The purpose of delegation is to indicate 
that someone else is in charge of everything related to a zone, and that 
includes the attributes of the zone name itself.  If the zone name 
happens to be used as a host name, that's for the zone administrator to 
configure.

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