Re: [DNSOP] Definition of QNAME (Was: I-D Action: draft-ietf-dnsop-terminology-bis-06.txt

Jim Reid <jim@rfc1035.com> Thu, 21 September 2017 13:17 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Definition of QNAME (Was: I-D Action: draft-ietf-dnsop-terminology-bis-06.txt
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> On 21 Sep 2017, at 14:12, Shumon Huque <shuque@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:45 PM, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> wrote:
> 
>       To address this potential confusion, it is helpful to distinguish
>       between two meanings:
> 
>       QNAME (original)  The name actually sent in the Question
>          Section in the orignal query, which is always echoed in the
>          (final) reply in the Question Section when the QR bit is set to
>          1.
> 
>       QNAME (effective)  The name actually resolved, which is either the
>          name actually queried or else the last name in a CNAME chain as
>          defined in [RFC2308].

Maybe the definition of QNAME (effective) needs to be extended to include the result of NAPTR record processing? Says he running away quickly...