Maximum number of DNS servers

[Mark Kosters]

Paul is right - you'll need two digits. Very few servers 10 or more
but those who do should not be constrained by some limitation in the
database. Plus when EDNS comes out, non-secure servers may want more.

Mark

On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 09:21:22AM +1000, Paul Gampe wrote:
> The response to a DNS query for NS records will need to fit into a udp
> packet which limits you to 512 octets. [rfc1035]  The root servers have
> the same constraint and cannot exceed 13, so it would be highly unlikely
> for you to need more then 2 digits I imagine.

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