[DNSOP] Adam Roach's No Objection on draft-ietf-dnsop-terminology-bis-13: (with COMMENT)

[Adam Roach <[e-mail]>]

Adam Roach has entered the following ballot position for
draft-ietf-dnsop-terminology-bis-13: No Objection

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COMMENT:
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Thanks for the time and effort that went into this document. I agree with other
reviewers that this document is well-presented and informative.

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General:

The document seems to omit a definition for the term "class," although it is
used in many places an clearly has a very precise meaning in DNS parlance. It
would be nice to see one added, as I got a bit confused when I hit the
definition for "Class independent" in section 5 and realized that I'd been
conflating "RR type" with "Class" -- and couldn't find guidance in this document
to clarify the difference.

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§2:

>  Multicast DNS:  "Multicast DNS (mDNS) provides the ability to perform
>     DNS-like operations on the local link in the absence of any
>     conventional Unicast DNS server.

This definition seems to be a little oversimplified in light of the mechanisms
described by draft-ietf-dnssd-hybrid and draft-ietf-dnssd-mdns-relay.

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§5:

>  Master file:  "Master files are text files that contain RRs in text
>     form.  Since the contents of a zone can be expressed in the form
>     of a list of RRs a master file is most often used to define

Nit: "...list of RRs, a master..."
                    ^

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§5:
>  Owner:  The domain name where a RR is found ([RFC1034], Section 3.6).

Nit: "...an RR..." (see RFC 7322 §1, CMOS 10.9)

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§6:

>     The idea of a primary master is only used by [RFC2136],
>     and is considered archaic in other parts of the DNS.
>
>     The idea of a primary master is only used in [RFC1996] and
>     [RFC2136].

These sentences seem redundant and partially contradictory. I suspect the first
one should be removed.

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§6:

>  Privacy-enabling DNS server:  "A DNS server that implements DNS over
>     TLS [RFC7858] and may optionally implement DNS over DTLS
>     [RFC8094]."  (Quoted from [RFC8310], Section 2)

This definition seems incomplete in light of the mechanism defined in
draft-ietf-doh-dns-over-https.

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Acknowledgements:

>  The following is the Acknowledgements for RFC 7719.  Additional
>  acknowledgements may be added as this draft is worked on.

This feels out of date. Consider removing.