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Re: [DNSOP] KSK-Sentinel -- "Walkin' on the SUN"?

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Tue, 15 May 2018 16:35 UTC

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From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] KSK-Sentinel -- "Walkin' on the SUN"?
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Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> wrote:

> It might be useful to compare this to labels like _tcp that appear in SRV
> records and elsewhere.

The reason for listing a name in the RCF 6761 registry is because it needs
special handling of some kind in DNS software. That isn't the case for the
_underscore names, which (from the DNS point of view) are just ordinary
domain names that have conventional uses in applications.

Tony.
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