On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 01:09:48PM -0700, John Heidemann <[email protected]> wrote a message of 112 lines which said:
> what do we call the parts of the DNS resolver hierarchy? > > draft-bortzmeyer-dnsop-dns-privacy-02 defines and uses the terms ... > I recommend against use of resolver without an adjective for (2). > > Prior RFCs do not have consensus about what to use (both recursive resolver > and > recursive name server appear). Personally I'd go with "recursive > resolver". Does the list have other recommendations? ... > I looked over many (but certainly not all) existing RFCs, and there is > some variation in terminology: There was no answer to this message. It is clear there is no standard DNS terminology, which is often a problem when talking about the future of the DNS. Any idea about how to change that? Do we need a "DNS terminology" RFC? _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
