On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 11:31:51AM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote: [ snip ] > > Everything that is possible is not necessarily a good idea. > > So far I agree with you. > > > However, I must admit I was talking from memory; I'm travelling at the > > moment and don't have time to read the RFCs, but I am sure you won't > > find the statement there. I am sure I read it somewhere, perhaps > > Cricket Liu's book, I don't remember. it made a strong impression on > > me as a "Best Practice". If you are offended by such a categorization > > ... > > It has nothing to do with categorization. But you talked about an > incorrectly set up DNS and that's wrong. The DNS example that Martin > used by not have been a good choice or good pratice, but it was correct > according to the RfCs. So I'm not offended by categorization, which also > should be avoided, but I was annoyed about your statement "you just set > up your DNS incorrectly". Ok, "you've done something stupid that is, however, allowed by the RFCs." Is that better? :) Regards, -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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