Re: [DNSOP] NXDOMAINs as in RFC 1034

Paul Vixie <paul@redbarn.org> Tue, 29 May 2018 05:48 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] NXDOMAINs as in RFC 1034
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Mukund Sivaraman wrote:
> ...
>
> Then, [RFC 1034] states in 3.6 "A domain name identifies a node.  Each node has
> a set of resource information, which may be empty."

bizarrely, there has never been an argument about an empty terminal 
("leaf") node, because there's no zone file syntax to represent same. 
either way, i think 1034 meant "which may, if interior, be empty."

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P Vixie