Re: [ga] .et wildcarded

[jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Dr. Joe and all,

  Completely agreed!  And we have had the wildcard discussion
before although it's been at least two years past.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Joe Baptista <baptista@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Nov 18, 2007 8:17 PM
>To: Bashar Al-Abdulhadi <bashar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: "ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> GA" <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [ga] .et wildcarded
>
>Bashar Al-Abdulhadi wrote:
>
>> Danny,
>> Is there any rule that prohibit ccTLD operators from running wildcard 
>> on their zones?
>
>
>No there is no rule.  And all the claims it's a bad idea don't cut the 
>mustard.  Yes on many legacy systems it's a bad idea becase alot of 
>automated agents depend on a NOERROR or NXDOMAIN for dns.  The get 
>confused when they get a reply.
>
>Wildcards in fact are a good thing from the dns perspective.  They 
>reduce overall traffic to the zone.
>
>regards
>joe baptista
>
>
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