domainmonger.com with wildcard NS?

Tue Oct 14 18:22:26 UTC 2003

just me <matt at snark.net> writes:

> On 14 Oct 2003, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
> 
>   just me <matt at snark.net> writes:
> 
>   > In theory this doesnt break anything, since the nameservers in
>   > question aren't providing recursive service to anyone. Any questions
>   > they see are the result of a followed delegation. So I don't see why
>   > this would cause problems anywhere.
> 
>   I'd sure hate to be the poor fellow having a zone being served from
>   those nameservers when the inevitable configuration error causes the
>   zone to get dropped on the floor (for instance an accidental removal
>   from named.conf).  NXDOMAIN or SERVFAIL sure beats a wildcard match
>   going to the wrong place.
> 
> I think (don't hold me to this, I might be wrong) the trick, when
> you're a registrar, is to not lose domains?

History demonstrates that registrars are human too.

                                        ---Rob