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Re: [DNSOP] Clarifying referrals (#35)

"Paul Hoffman" <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Wed, 29 November 2017 15:18 UTC

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To: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Clarifying referrals (#35)
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On 29 Nov 2017, at 7:06, Tony Finch wrote:

> Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> wrote:
>
>> But I shall not include a change to the definition of referrals such
>> that upward referrals are defined away.  They exist, today, all over the
>> Internet, and it would be extremely foolish lexicography to attempt to
>> hide that.
>
> Upward referrals exist, but bare "referral" is short for "downward
> referral". Other things that look like referrals (such as upward
> referrals or implicit referrals) have to have a qualifier.

Yes, please. This is good formulation for our definitional problems.

--Paul Hoffman

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