Oh, heck. This _is_ a misquote but I recall we decided that it should be quoted with [owner] instead of "label", since the RR doesn't have a label but an owner name. I think it's actually the square brackets that are missing, to note the correction.
A On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 07:21:53AM -0800, RFC Errata System wrote: > The following errata report has been submitted for RFC7719, > "DNS Terminology". > > -------------------------------------- > You may review the report below and at: > http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=7719&eid=4611 > > -------------------------------------- > Type: Technical > Reported by: Nikolai Malykh <[email protected]> > > Section: 2 > > Original Text > ------------- > CNAME: "It is traditional to refer to the owner of a CNAME record as > 'a CNAME'. This is unfortunate, as 'CNAME' is an abbreviation of > 'canonical name', and the owner of a CNAME record is most certainly > not a canonical name." (Quoted from [RFC2181], Section 10.1.1) > > > Corrected Text > -------------- > CNAME: "It is traditional to refer to the label of a CNAME record as > 'a CNAME'. This is unfortunate, as 'CNAME' is an abbreviation of > 'canonical name', and the label of a CNAME record is an alias, not > a canonical name." (Quoted from [RFC2181], Section 10.1.1) > > Notes > ----- > Incorrect quote from RFC 2181. > > Instructions: > ------------- > This erratum is currently posted as "Reported". If necessary, please > use "Reply All" to discuss whether it should be verified or > rejected. When a decision is reached, the verifying party (IESG) > can log in to change the status and edit the report, if necessary. > > -------------------------------------- > RFC7719 (draft-ietf-dnsop-dns-terminology-05) > -------------------------------------- > Title : DNS Terminology > Publication Date : December 2015 > Author(s) : P. Hoffman, A. Sullivan, K. Fujiwara > Category : INFORMATIONAL > Source : Domain Name System Operations > Area : Operations and Management > Stream : IETF > Verifying Party : IESG > -- Andrew Sullivan Dyn [email protected] _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
