Re: What DNS Is Not

[bmanning () vacation karoshi com]

On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 04:52:35PM -0800, Buhrmaster, Gary wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bmanning () vacation karoshi com
> > [mailto:bmanning () vacation karoshi com]
> > Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 4:32 PM
> > To: Patrick W. Gilmore
> > Cc: NANOG list
> > Subject: Re: What DNS Is Not
>
> ...
>
> >     notbeing Paul, its rude of me to respond - yet you posted this
> >     to a public list ... so here goes.
> >
> >     Why do you find your behaviour in your domains acceptable and yet
> >     the same behaviour in others zones to be "a Bad Thing" and should be
> >     stopped?
>
> Ok, devils advocate argument.  
>
> Is there is a difference between being a domain "owner"
> (Patrick wanting to wildcard the domain he has paid for),
> and a domain "custodian" (Verisign for the .com example)
> in whether wildcards are ever acceptable in the DNS
> responses you provide?

        good question - does patrick own the domain or has he paid for
        the registration of mapping a string into a database? either? both?
        neither?

        I'll lay out what I just did in private email a moment ago.

        regardless of payment, ownership, or other considerations, we
        all (who manage a delegation  point) are stewards of that delegation.
        Patrick, as steward of a domain, feels certain behaviours are 
        acceptable when he performs them within his stewardship, yet is
        nonplused when another steward does the exact same thing in a different
        delegation.

        not being able to resist the analogy....

        Its ok for me to practice indentured servitude in my home, yet when I 
        see my neighbor practicing it in their home - I call the cops on her
        for practicing slavery.  and hope that no one notices me.

--bill