On 29 Sep 2016, at 8:01, Robert Edmonds wrote: > Paul Hoffman wrote: >> Oddly, "owner name" is correct here. From RFC 1035, Section 3.2.1 which >> describes the format of resource records: > > Compare that section to the nearly identical §4.1.3, which replaces this > sentence: > > All RRs have the same top level format shown below: > > with: > > The answer, authority, and additional sections all share the same > format: a variable number of resource records, where the number of > records is specified in the corresponding count field in the header. > Each resource record has the following format: > > But, the "All RRs" part of §3.2.1 is still accurate, because an entry in > the question section is not a RR. > > There are some other differences between §3.2.1 and §4.1.3, for instance > §3 uses "owner name" while §4 uses "domain name" to describe the NAME > field, and the infamous signed vs. unsigned definition of the TTL field.
Yes, I see that now. N'r mind... --Paul Hoffman _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
