"Roy" == Roy Arends <roy@dnss.ec> writes:
Roy> The term "GLUE RECORDS" is defined in rfc-1033 (yeah, dusted Roy> off): Roy> If the name server host for a particular domain is itself Roy> inside the domain, then a 'glue' record will be needed. A Roy> glue record is an A (address) RR that specifies the address Roy> of the server. Glue records are only needed in the server Roy> delegating the domain, not in the domain itself. As well as being illegal evidence -- thanks Peter! -- the last sentence above is ambiguous. It can be interpreted as implying the glue record in the parent means the child doesn't have to have an A (or AAAA) record for the name server. Roy> in-bailiwick glue is a pleonasm while out-of-bailiwick glue Roy> is an oxymoron. The terminology may not be defined clearly. However the concept of out-of-bailiwick glue is something we all understand.