On Jun 16, 2021, at 11:17 AM, Ben Schwartz <[email protected]> 
wrote:
> 
> OK, but this is bewildering in a different way.

Indeed. See the muddle about "glue" in RFC 8499.

> RFC 2181 is a Standards Track RFC that Updates RFC 1034, and whose title is 
> "Clarifications to the DNS Specification".  In the event of conflict, it 
> supersedes RFC 1034.  As a matter of process, the RFC 1034 definition would 
> therefore seem to be irrelevant for determining the "correct" meaning.

This is an overinterpretation of "updates". An RFC can update another without 
updating every part of it. Note that RFC 2181 only defines "glue" for its own 
use "above"; it does not say that it updates the definition in RFC 1034.

> If I were arguing that the RFC 2181 definition is not "correct", I would be 
> looking for an RFC that Updates RFC 2181 and has a different definition of 
> glue.

Such as RFC 8499 (which is a standard), or this one (the, if adopted, is only 
informational).

>  The DNSSEC RFCs do Update RFC 2181, and appear to use a conflicting 
> definition of glue, although it's not explicitly defined.

And those RFCs kinda conflict with each other on the use of the term "glue".

--Paul Hoffman

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