Re: [DNSOP] Question regarding RFC 8499

Paul Wouters <paul@nohats.ca> Sat, 08 August 2020 04:33 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Question regarding RFC 8499
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On Fri, 7 Aug 2020, Evan Hunt wrote:

> As I said earlier, I think "primary" and "seconary" are well-enough
> understood concepts now that we can describe roles in a particular
> transaction with phrases like "acting as a primary" or "acting as a
> secondary" and get the point across without much difficulty.

I agree.

> that's not acceptable, then maybe "transfer provider" and "transfer
> recipient"?

That would require a new learning curve and in addition would be only
describing 1 aspect of a primary server. It might work when you are
talking about XFR, but would be very confusing otherwise.

Paul