[1111] in Moira
Re: hstath.txt
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ron Hoffmann)
Tue Jun 24 16:39:32 1997
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 16:39:23 -0400
From: Ron Hoffmann <hoffmann@MIT.EDU>
To: danw@MIT.EDU
Cc: bug-moira@MIT.EDU, network@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <199706242025.QAA10791@technomage.MIT.EDU> (danw@MIT.EDU)
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 16:25:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: danw@MIT.EDU (Dan Winship)
Network: there are a handful of machines in the database with no OS
field for which vendor/model information might be useful to be able to
see (routers, x terminals, notebook docks, etc). It's a pretty simple
fix if you'd like this behavior changed.
It's a feature. It appears that the RFC requires the
HINFO field to to be complete, or non-existant.
You create illegal DNS info (which resolvers may die
on) if you try to deliver the HINFO info without OPSYS.
The vendor/model info can indeed be useful though in
reality it's often out of date a very short time after
it's initially entered.
No change in the behavior is requested or desired, but
thanks for asking :-)
-Ron
