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authorrexxnor <rexxnor+gnunet@brief.li>2019-01-25 17:24:47 +0100
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@@ -8130,19 +8130,15 @@ The transformation of MX records is done in a simple way.
8130gnunet-namestore -z example.com -n mail -R 3600 MX n 10,mail 8130gnunet-namestore -z example.com -n mail -R 3600 MX n 10,mail
8131@end example 8131@end example
8132 8132
8133Finally, one of the biggest struggling points was the NS records that are found 8133Finally, one of the biggest struggling points were the NS records that are found
8134in top level domain zones. The intended behaviour for those is to add GNS2DNS 8134in top level domain zones. The intended behaviour for those is to add GNS2DNS
8135records for the zone so that gnunet-gns can resolve the for those domain on it's 8135records for those so that gnunet-gns can resolve records for those domains on
8136own. Also a very important aspect of this is, that gnunet needs to be able to 8136its own. This requires migration of the DNS GLUE records as well, provided that
8137resolve the nameservers from it's own database. This requires migration of the 8137they are within the same zone.
8138DNS GLUE records as well.
8139 8138
8140This proved to be quite a challenge to implement, as in GNS every dot is a 8139A solution was found by creating a hierarchical zone structure in GNS and linking
8141strict zone cut.
8142
8143The issue was fixed by creating a hierarchical zone structure in GNS and linking
8144the zones using PKEY records to one another. This allows the resolution of the 8140the zones using PKEY records to one another. This allows the resolution of the
8145nameservers to work within GNS. 8141nameservers to work within GNS while not taking control over unwanted zones.
8146 8142
8147@node DNS Zone Size 8143@node DNS Zone Size
8148@subsubsection DNS Zone Size 8144@subsubsection DNS Zone Size