Re: [DNSOP] DNSOP Call for Adoption - draft-west-let-localhost-be-localhost

"John R Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Tue, 12 September 2017 17:11 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] DNSOP Call for Adoption - draft-west-let-localhost-be-localhost
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> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-thomson-postel-was-wrong-00#section-4.1
>
> When something shouldn't work, it shouldn't work.

I agree but this is a tangent.  The draft is about localhost. or maybe 
<something>.localhost.  It's not about localhost.<something>.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
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