[DNSOP] Re: AD review of draft-ietf-dnsop-structured-dns-error-19

[Mukund Sivaraman <[e-mail]>]

On Sat, May 09, 2026 at 12:44:38AM +0800, Mukund Sivaraman wrote:
> On Sat, May 09, 2026 at 12:32:14AM +0800, Mukund Sivaraman wrote:
> > A DNS message is not the appropriate place for this kind of
> > localization. Space is at a premium (64kB is all there is for the whole
> > message). India has 22 official languages for example, and it would be
> > absurd to have as many translations encoded in an EDNS option.
> > 
> > The objective should be that the language used in the justification text
> > and organization name is indicated, which it appears the draft provides
> > for.
> 
> Having said this, I realise that the structured-dns-errors draft only
> returns the JSON for empty answers (where filtering/blocking/censoring)
> has occurred. So there ought to be space in the 64kB in these cases.
> 
> However, this localization still seems like it doesn't belong a DNS
> response.

Perhaps a client can indicate its locale in an EDNS option in the query,
and the server responds with a single localized set of fields matching
what the client requested, or if that is not available, whatever
language the server has.

		Mukund