[DNSOP] Re: Mahesh Jethanandani's No Objection on draft-ietf-dnsop-rfc8109bis-06: (with COMMENT)

[Joe Abley <[e-mail]>]

On Aug 20, 2024, at 02:38, Mahesh Jethanandani via Datatracker <[e-mail]> wrote:

> I am not a DNS expert, and was wondering if there is a definition for
> "recursive resolvers", and if not, can it be defined here? The idea would be to
> understand how they are different from other kinds of resolvers such as
> "Designated Resolvers". At the same time, the term "recursive name server"
> seems to be used interchangeably with "recursive resolver". Are they the same?

(Not an author, just a bystander)

"Recursive Resolver" and a host of related terms are defined in RFC 9499. The phrase "recursive name server" colloquially means the same thing, but I thiink it would be reasonable to suggest that this document chooses one term and sticks with it. RFC 9499 quotes the use of "recursive name server" (e.g. in the context of a "security-aware recursive name server") but doesn't offerthe phrase as a synonym for recursive resolver, which is defined. This could probably be improved in a future 9499 replacement.

In section 1.2, I suggest:

OLD:

   See [RSSAC026v2] for terminology that relates to the root server
   system.

NEW:

   See [RFC9499] for terminology that relates to the domain name
   system in general.

   See [RSSAC026v2] for terminology that relates to the root server
   system in particular.


Joe