recursion on auth-only server

[Barry Margolin]

In article <mailman.674.1254859742.14796.bind-users at lists.isc.org>,
 Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar at fantomas.sk> wrote:

> It's RD (recursion desired) flag and my question is if any nameserver is
> known by sending queries with this flag set.
> 
> I don't care if they do recursion themselves, but if anyone asks this server
> with RD flag set, the answer will be venemous.

Nameservers should only set the RD flag in the queries they send if 
they're configured to use forwarders.  It should never be sent when 
they're following the delegation chain themselves.

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