out -of-zone records

[Barry Margolin]

In article <fmd22o$2f92$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar at fantomas.sk> wrote:

> On 11.01.08 22:57, Barry Margolin wrote:
> > What I suspect they're saying is that you have to register the 
> > nameservers and their IPs with your registrar, even though the 
> > nameservers are not in the same TLD as your domain.  This isn't 
> > necessary for the DNS hierarchy, since these are not glue records that 
> > must be included in the parent zone, but I think it's a common 
> > requirement for registries.
> 
> I don't think it's a good idea to require, even provide such data. I've
> already seen a .com domain with INVALID out-of-zone glue records (to
> non-existing domain). This can lead to many problems.

Whether or not it's a good idea, I think some registrars do it.  So you 
either play by their rules or find another registrar.

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