[mm] How is DNSSEC

[Ben Laurie]

bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 02:46:40PM +0000, Ben Laurie wrote:
>> bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
>>> 	Er... Allow me the option o fdisbeleiving your assertion.
>>> 	PTR records can and do point to mutiple names.  Some narrow
>>> 	implementations have assumed that there will only be a single
>>> 	data element and this myth - that PTRs only point to a single
>>> 	name - is and has been spread widely.
>> You can disbelieve my assertion if you wish, but I am only quoting the 
>> RFC. RFC 1035, to be precise:
>>
>> "Address nodes are used to hold pointers to primary host names
>> in the normal domain space."
>>
>> (section 3.5. IN-ADDR.ARPA domain). So, the "myth" is in the scripture.
> 
> 
> 	ah... open to interpretation.  what is a "primary" host name?

RFC 1035 does not say, in the case of hosts, but the intent is quite 
clear from the text on gateways:

"Gateways will often have two names in separate domains, only one of 
which can be primary."

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