[DNSOP] Re: Introducing Relative Label for DNS

[Alexander Robohm <[e-mail]>]

Hi Ben,

> - The DNS UPDATE RFC redefines the question section as the zone section. 
> This means that the DNS server already doesn't extract the target zone 
> from the record name, but from the zone section. A relative record 
> should therefore be added to the zone mentioned in the zone section.
> - The label indicator only can appear in the end, so 
> "selector._domainkey[relative-label-here]". The zone name has to be 
> known from context, but that is the case for DNS UPDATE (zone section) 
> and also for binary zone file (file name and file header).
This should be made explicit. Maybe the whole draft could be something 
like "Relative Names for DNS UPDATE", and precisely define a mechanism 
for this particular purpose, including the new label type.

> - It is not about if a program can or cannot make a FQDN of something 
> relative. It is about the control of the user using that program to be 
> able to choose if a record is added with relative/absolute domain names.
Overall, IMHO, this is a UI issue in the panel you are using to manage 
your zones, and not something that needs to be implemented in the DNS 
itself. You can already have relative names in presentation format by 
not including the trailing '.', and you can store zones in any format 
you want. On the wire, this just does the job of a pointer in 1 less octet.

Alexander