Re: bad .org glue?

From: Dave Warren (maillist@devilsplayground.net)
Date: Fri Mar 25 2005 - 11:18:52 EST


Mark E. Mallett wrote:

>On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 08:46:45AM -0700, Dave Warren wrote:
>
>
>>Mark E. Mallett wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I still don't thing that the .org roots should be providing those
>>>'additional answer' hints in this case, nor should clients be relying
>>>on them (most don't, it seems). But yes, much better now. Thanks
>>>again.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Agreed that these glue records shouldn't exist. Glue should only be
>>required when a domain's NS are within the domain itself, or when there
>>is a loop (example.com uses ns[1-2].example.net and example.net uses
>>ns[1-2].example.com) -- However, I suspect that to avoid loops PIR is
>>adding extra glue records where it's not strictly required.
>>
>>
>
>And indeed, following up on that thought- it occured to me that it would
>be best just to go and delete those entries. (They were evidently
>instantiated by the prior registrant, probably a year or two ago..)
>There doesn't seem to be any way to remove them though; there's no
>"remove" button, and simply clearing the field and hitting "modify"
>gives me an error.
>
>
I'm not sure about .org, but I know for sure that with .com and .net you
can't delete an NS entry unless there are no domains associated with the NS.

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