Re: [DNSOP] Fwd: Comments on draft-ietf-dnsop-qname-minimisation

Shumon Huque <shuque@gmail.com> Tue, 06 January 2015 18:14 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Fwd: Comments on draft-ietf-dnsop-qname-minimisation
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from draft-ietf-dnsop-qname-minimisation:

2.  Qname minimisation
>
>    The idea is to minimise the amount of data sent from the DNS
>    resolver.  When a resolver receives the query "What is the AAAA
>    record for www.example.com?", it sends to the root (assuming a cold
>    resolver, whose cache is empty) the very same question.  Sending
>    "What are the NS records for .com?"  would be sufficient (since it
>    will be the answer from the root anyway).  To do so would be
>    compatible with the current DNS system and therefore could be easily
>    deployable, since it is an unilateral change to the resolvers.
>
>    If "minimisation" is too long, you can write it "m12n".
>

I generally dislike these kinds of contractions, but I assume you meant
"m10n". There are 10 letters between m and n. (contrast i18n and l10n).

Shumon Huque