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       Title     : Clarifications to the DNS Specification                 
       Author(s) : R. Elz, R. Bush
       Filename  : draft-ietf-dnsind-clarify-05.txt
       Pages     : 14
       Date      : 02/03/1997

This draft considers some areas that have been identified as problems with 
the specification of the Domain Name System, and proposes remedies for the 
defects identified.  Six separate issues are considered:    

+ IP packet header address usage from multi-homed servers,   
+ TTLs in sets of records with the same name, class, and type,  
+ correct handling of zone cuts,    
+ two minor issues concerning SOA records and their use,       
+ the issue of what is an authoritative, or canonical, name,   
+ and the issue of what makes a valid DNS label.  

The first four of these are areas where the correct behaviour 
has been somewhat unclear, we seek to rectify that.  The other 
two are already adequately specified, however the specifications 
seem to be sometimes ignored.  We seek to reinforce the 
existing specifications.

This version adds a brief discussion on the placement of an SOA record in 
the answer to an authoritative query, and the issue of TTLs on SOA records.
It also contains rather more discussion inspired by the oddities of some of
the new DNSSEC record types.  The ordered list of trustworthiness of 
various data types was revised by grouping the last three categories 
together, and adding a restriction on how such data should  be used.  
Many editorial changes were made.  This paragraph will be deleted 
from the final version of this document.
 
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