Re: [DNSOP] Where in a CNAME chain is the QNAME?

["Paul Hoffman" <[e-mail]>]

On 29 Sep 2016, at 8:01, Robert Edmonds wrote:

> Paul Hoffman wrote:
>> Oddly, "owner name" is correct here. From RFC 1035, Section 3.2.1 which
>> describes the format of resource records:
>
> Compare that section to the nearly identical §4.1.3, which replaces this
> sentence:
>
>     All RRs have the same top level format shown below:
>
> with:
>
>     The answer, authority, and additional sections all share the same
>     format: a variable number of resource records, where the number of
>     records is specified in the corresponding count field in the header.
>     Each resource record has the following format:
>
> But, the "All RRs" part of §3.2.1 is still accurate, because an entry in
> the question section is not a RR.
>
> There are some other differences between §3.2.1 and §4.1.3, for instance
> §3 uses "owner name" while §4 uses "domain name" to describe the NAME
> field, and the infamous signed vs. unsigned definition of the TTL field.

Yes, I see that now. N'r mind...

--Paul Hoffman