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Re: [secdir] secdir review of draft-cheshire-dnsext-nbp-09.txt

Stuart Cheshire <cheshire@apple.com> Wed, 15 December 2010 00:10 UTC

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From: Stuart Cheshire <cheshire@apple.com>
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Subject: Re: [secdir] secdir review of draft-cheshire-dnsext-nbp-09.txt
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On 1 Nov 2010, at 2:46 AM, Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:

> On page 9, the DNS name "printer1.ietf.org" should probably changed  
> to "printer1.example.com".

We'll update the example in the document, but I have a question:

RFC 2606 states that names like example.com "can be used as  
examples". I agree that when writers *want* to use a vendor-neutral  
example it's useful to have these names available, but are they  
mandatory? Is there an RFC which states that *all* examples MUST use  
example.com?

I've been seeing this a lot recently. Any time someone uses an  
example name other than the RFC 2606 example names, people leap on  
them and tell them this is not allowed and all RFCs have to use only  
the RFC 2606-sanctioned example names. Is this true? There's a big  
difference between saying "these names are available for use if you  
want" and "these names are mandatory and you're not allowed to use  
any others".

Stuart Cheshire <cheshire@apple.com>
* Wizard Without Portfolio, Apple Inc.
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