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

Mukund Sivaraman <muks@mukund.org> Fri, 08 May 2026 16:44 UTC

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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.

		Mukund