Re: rsync vs. axfr-clarify (was: in support of axfr-clarify)

[Derek Atkins <derek@ihtfp.com>]

"D. J. Bernstein" <djb@cr.yp.to> writes:

> Derek Atkins writes:
> > Could you answer me how AXFR can be considered a "new query type" or
> > even a "protcol extension"?
> 
> You said ``AXFR and IXFR.'' If you're going to start drawing some
> religious line between protocol options defined many years ago and
> protocol options defined more recently, you'll have to put IXFR on the
> same side of the line as rsync.

No, because IXFR works within the DNS framework and rsync does not.
It's sort of like comparing DNSSec and PGP.  They are completely
separate ideas, even if they can solve the same sorts of problems.

-derek

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       Derek Atkins
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