Re: [DNSOP] Opsdir last call review of draft-ietf-dnsop-extended-error-14

[Warren Kumari <[e-mail]>]

[ - last-call@, for clutter,  +Barry]

Thank you for the review, Scott.

As I'm an author on this, I am recusing myself from balloting, and so
am CCing the responsible AD (Barry Leiba) so he has a copy of it...

W

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 9:23 AM Scott Bradner via Datatracker
<[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> Reviewer: Scott Bradner
> Review result: Ready
>
> This is an OPS-DIR review of Extended DNS Errors
> <draft-ietf-dnsop-extended-error>
>
> This ID defines a use of the EDNS0 extension mechanism that can be used by a
> DNS resolver to provide additional detail about DNS lookup issues as well as
> defining an initial set of 24 codes that can be used to provide specific
> failure reasons.
>
> The document is clearly written. (But I expect that not all of the
> acknowledgements should be retained in the RFC)
>
> >From an operations point of view, the additional information provided by these
> error codes will be quite helpful in diagnosing DNS errors. But, as with most
> error information, it will be difficult to present the error information in a
> way that will make sense to the average Internet user, thus this information
> may be mostly useful to IT support staff.
>
>
>


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idea in the first place.
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regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair
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