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Re: [DNSOP] RFC 8482 (the ANY -> HINFO hack) and DNAME

"John Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Sat, 16 November 2019 14:41 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] RFC 8482 (the ANY -> HINFO hack) and DNAME
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In article <6BB18D2F-4701-41CF-9B50-9EE8541ED688@dukhovni.org> you write:
>> On Nov 14, 2019, at 1:50 PM, John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:
>> 
>> PS: I'm also coming to the conclusion that if you think DNAME solves
>> your problem, and your problem isn't the arcane IPv6 rDNS renumbering
>> for which it was invented, you don't understand DNAME.
>
>As you may recall,
>
>   http://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/dnsop/adrEUoWPq1EoxonkvcCJCnEkcFg
>
>the .tw registry employs a DNAME to identify their traditional and simplified
>Chinese IDN TLDs (simplified is a DNAME alias for traditional). ...

I know.  I'm wondering how many of those DNAME'd names actually work.

Remember that it's invalid for an NS or MX to point to a CNAME so I assume
it's equally invalid for them to point to a DNAME.

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