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Re: [dnsext] Re: need new flag bit in EDNS, "do me no favours" (DMNF)

Colm MacCárthaigh <colm@allcosts.net> Tue, 26 October 2010 02:48 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dnsext] Re: need new flag bit in EDNS, "do me no favours" (DMNF)
From: Colm MacCárthaigh <colm@allcosts.net>
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On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Paul Vixie <vixie@isc.org> wrote:

> so it sounds like we need a new edns option blob which is a variable length
> mask (so, right now it would be one octet long), which would only be
> defined
> for RD=1.  the first bit of the first octet would be "no web error
> redirect"
> (NWED).  the name of the option would be "do me no favours" (DMNF).
>

Why doesn't that belong better in HTTP? The HTTP WG is probably better
placed to define whatever a "web error" is.

-- 
Colm

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