Re: [Doh] [Ext] terminology: "DNS API"

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@icann.org> Thu, 14 June 2018 19:24 UTC

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On Jun 8, 2018, at 5:15 AM, Sara Dickinson <sara@sinodun.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 6 Jun 2018, at 15:58, Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> wrote:
>> 
>> Can we amend the document to replace "DNS API server" with "DNS-over-HTTPS
>> server" or "DoH server" please?
> 
> +1 on this (since also in practice ‘DoH server’ seems to be the term everyone is using)

Late reply: agree. We'll make this change in the next draft.

> What was the reason that this name was chosen?

Um, er, well.... a misunderstanding between the two authors. Patrick though I liked it, I thought that he liked it. We cleared that up that symmetric error today.

--Paul Hoffman