Re: [DNSOP] Please review in terminology-bis: QNAME

Paul Vixie <paul@redbarn.org> Mon, 18 December 2017 19:05 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Please review in terminology-bis: QNAME
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Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> As I mentioned in this errata
> <https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid4983>, I think RFC 2308 was
> wrong in redefining QNAME. My personal preference would be to change
> the second paragraph to "RFC 2308 proposed another definition,
> different from the original one. Since it is actually a different
> concept, it would be better to find another name for it. Here, QNAME
> retains the original definition of RFC 1034."

+1.

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P Vixie