Re: [DNSOP] Clarifying referrals (#35)

[Florian Weimer <[e-mail]>]

On 11/28/2017 08:50 PM, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> That leaves the task of the referrals definition.  I have some new
> text below:
> 
> ---%<---cut here---
> 
> Referral: A type of response in which a server, signalling that it is
> not authoritative for an answer, provides the querying resolver with
> an alternative place to send its query.  A referral contains an empty
> answer section.  It contains the NS RRset for the referred-to zone in
> the authority section.  It may contain RRs that provide addresses in
> the additional section.  The AA bit is clear.

Is the goal to describe behavior of current (and perhaps past) 
implementations, or what the behavior should be under ideal circumstances?

Thanks,
Florian