At 8:55 AM -0400 6/29/00, Hollenbeck, Scott wrote:
>The current NSI RRP implementation enforces IP address uniqueness within the
>NSI SRS database. An IP address can be associated with only a single named
>server.
Humorously, I violated this rule *just yesterday*. I'm helping a
friend who has three domain names start running her own name server
on a Mac. Even though her Mac is multi-homed, it turns out the DNS
software doesn't work right on anything other than the "primary"
address. For neatness sake, I wanted her to have "ns.name.com" for
each of the three names, all on the same IP address (the primary
address of her Mac).
So, yes, there are real-world reasons to want multiple names on the
same IP address, each as a legitimate name server. As Patrik points
out, this is perfectly legal in the DNS, and should be allowed in the
registry.
(BTW, if you don't allow this, you should tell your registrars about
it. NSI Registrar, that bastion of good housekeeping, accepted the
registration changes no problem. They haven't appeared in the
database yet, but I got the accpetances and have not heard any
different from them yet.)
--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium
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