Re: axfr-clarify breaking RFC 1034

[Mark.Andrews@isc.org]

> Robert Elz writes:
> > If you have a proposal for some method to actually cause the parent/child
> > delegation to *always* be compatible (glue in parent matches records in
> > child, always), then please don't keep it a secret
> 
> Read about timestamps in http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/tinydns-data.html. It's
> not my fault that BIND can't handle this trivial synchronization.
> 
> If you're trying to say that the RFC 1034 requirement should be loosened
> to allow semi-synchronized changes (parent zone is changed after all the
> child servers have changed), go ahead and make that proposal in DNSEXT,
> and we'll discuss it. But don't try to sneak it past us as part of an
> ``AXFR clarification.''

	Semi-synchronized changes have always been part of the DNS.
	Anyone who believes otherwise is deluding themselves.

	Mark
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