On Jul 13 2015, Casey Deccio wrote:
I have a few comments on the latest draft-ietf-dnsop-dns-terminology
(-03). There will be more; I'm part way through a review.
[snip]
3. The current text for referral is incomprehensible. I suggest the
following:
[snip again]
Historically, many authoritative servers answered with a referral to the
root zone when queried for a name for which they were not authoritative,
but this practice has declined.
[I know this part was copied from the existing draft, but ...]
Surely this should be "for a name for which they were not authoritative,
nor for any of its ancestors" ?
Also, as such a response is undoubtedly still legal, maybe this ought
to mention what the common(er) practice now is - presumably REFUSED.
--
Chris Thompson
Email: c...@cam.ac.uk
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