Thanks, Paul.  If it’s okay for implementations, and it doesn’t cause issues, 
I’m good.

Joe

From: Paul Hoffman <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 20:40
To: Joe Clarke (jclarke) <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>, dnsop <[email protected]>, 
[email protected] 
<[email protected]>, [email protected] 
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Ext] Opsdir last call review of draft-ietf-dnsop-rfc8109bis-05
Thanks for following up. I've removed text about places were we are already 
fixing the text.

On Jul 25, 2024, at 12:39, Joe Clarke (jclarke) <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > First, in Section 3 why not just say that RD bit MUST NOT be set?  Why 
> > leave it
> > to a MAY when setting the bit is undefined?  Seems like the more 
> > prescriptive
> > you are the better.
>
> Some systems might set RD to 1 for all queries, such as due to lazy 
> programming. Setting it to 1 does no harm to anyone.
>  [JMC] Been there.  Would it make sense, then, to say, “server MUST ignore 
> RD”?

No, and for similar reasons. Some authoritative server software might pay 
attention to it, and there is no downside for it doing so.

--Paul Hoffman
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