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Re: [DNSOP] New Version Notification for draft-muks-dnsop-dns-squash-01.txt

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Tue, 10 April 2018 10:11 UTC

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From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] New Version Notification for draft-muks-dnsop-dns-squash-01.txt
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Darcy Kevin (FCA) <kevin.darcy@fcagroup.com> wrote:
>
> Having said that, even RFC 1034 admits that the non-dot-terminated form
> “is often one where the trailing dot has been omitted to save typing”,
> so if the document wants to give a nod to how DNS names are typically
> represented in practice, that would also be fine, albeit slightly less
> pedantic.

To be truly pedantic it should mention that some protocols (mail at least)
forbid a trailing dot :-)

Tony.
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