Re: [DNSOP] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC8906 (6783)

[Ray Bellis <[e-mail]>]

On 14/12/2021 08:28, RFC Errata System wrote:
> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC8906,
> "A Common Operational Problem in DNS Servers: Failure to Communicate".
> 
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> You may review the report below and at:
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid6783
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> Type: Editorial
> Reported by: Mukund Sivaraman <[e-mail]>
> 
> Section: 8.2.3
> 
> Original Text
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> as unknown EDNS options are supposed to be ignored by the
>     server (Section 6.1.1 of [RFC6891]).
> 
> 
> Corrected Text
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> as unknown EDNS options are supposed to be ignored by the
>     server (Section 6.1.2 of [RFC6891]).
> 
> 
> Notes
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> Reference to the section in RFC 6891 is incorrect. There's no information on what to do with unknown options in RFC 6891 section 6.1.1.
> 
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> RFC8906 (draft-ietf-dnsop-no-response-issue-23)
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> Title               : A Common Operational Problem in DNS Servers: Failure to Communicate
> Publication Date    : September 2020
> Author(s)           : M. Andrews, R. Bellis
> Category            : BEST CURRENT PRACTICE
> Source              : Domain Name System Operations
> Area                : Operations and Management
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG

The erratum is correct - the reference should be to 6.1.2, not 6.1.1

kind regards,

Ray