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List:       namedroppers
Subject:    Re: axfr-clarify's fraudulent claims of consensus
From:       Len Budney <lbudney () pobox ! com>
Date:       2003-02-21 17:31:25
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On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 Mark.Andrews@isc.org wrote:
> Dan Bernstein wrote:
>>
>> If the administrator follows RFC 1034's consistency requirements, no
>> problems occur...
> 
> You don't live in the real world if you think there won't be errors.  
> The job of computers is to make life easier not more complicated.  

Agreed! The way to make life easier is to make the software enforce the
rules, so that the admins don't have to worry about it. Granted, the rules
themselves can be wrong--but in that case, you change the rules and then
start enforcing them.

>> Andrews...can't reasonably argue against the semi-synchronization
>> rule. People normally follow that rule anyway; there's no reason to
>> break it; and it guarantees that problems don't occur.
> 
> Dan if you want everyone to follow this rule then are you going to
> modify your software to enforce it.  You software doesn't currently
> comply with this rule.

You might want to read more carefully: Dan's definition of
"semi-synchronization" was (purposely) designed to include
synchronization as a special case.

--Len.




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