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Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Lameness terminology

Shane Kerr <shane@time-travellers.org> Fri, 04 May 2018 09:33 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Lameness terminology
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Ed,

Edward Lewis:
> On 4/23/18, 10:23, "DNSOP on behalf of Shane Kerr" <dnsop-bounces@ietf.org on behalf of shane@time-travellers.org> wrote:
> 
>>    I don't know if this is documented anywhere so that it can be
>>    referenced properly, sorry. I am happy to discuss further but I think
>>    this basically covers all I know. I don't mind proposing text, but
>>    probably someone (Ed maybe?) would be a better person.
> 
> I've been looking for something I recall writing a long time ago, but haven't found it.  I'm not the authority on lameness (insert self-deprecating joke here), the term has been repeatedly defined in a number of documents.  What I wrote was a survey of them, including the citations, but I haven't been able to find it.  Not on the web, that is.
> 
> The reason I bother with this was, when I was tasked with the work in 2002 or 2003, I was genuinely surprised at the definition of "lame" delegation.  I was surprised that it did not include non-responsive servers - the term referred to responding servers only.
> 
> If I can't find the text soon, I'll try to recreate the list of references at least.

Awesome thanks!

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Shane

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