Maximum number of DNS servers

[Danny McPherson]

I agree.  If choosing the larger value doesn't impose any additional 
constraint then it would certainly be the optimal solution.  It's not
as if you're attempting to reduce protocol overhead or the like.

-danny

> I'm not certain if any studies have been made regarding any "ceilings of
> effectiveness" for NS delegation.  Barring any such technical difficulty
> or BCP quoting a number beyond which it becomes stupid to add more, I'm
> stunned that such an arbitrary limit would even be considered.  Should I
> ask why the database system case how many digits [character
> representations] there are rather than a true value [bit-size of the
> actual value].  
> 
> Just because I can't think of a need for more than 5-7 for a given
> netblock doesn't mean someone else won't.  If you have to make this kind
> of arbitrary, display-oriented (rather than value-oriented) cutoff,
> Internet experience dictates to go with the larger of your choices.  
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Joe
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