On Apr 20, 2015, at 9:34 AM, Shumon Huque <shu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I advise a small correction on the last sentence of this paragraph: > > > Authoritative server -- A system that responds to DNS queries with > > information about zones for which it has been configured to answer > > with the AA flag in the response header set to 1. It is a server > > that has authority over one or more DNS zones. Note that it is > > possible for an authoritative server to respond to a query without > > the parent zone delegating authority to that server. Authoritative > > servers also provide "referrals", usually to child zones delegated > > from them; these referrals have the AA bit set to 0 and come with > > referral data in the Additional section. > > Referral data is present in both the authority section and (if needed) the > additional section. It's perfectly possible for a referral to not contain an > additional section (sans OPT etc) if none of the NS records in the authority > require glue address records. > > My suggestion: remove the mention of only the additional section > (descriptions of referrals are provided elsewhere in the doc). Or say "and > come with referral data in the authority and (if needed) the additional > section.
This seems like a good change; do others agree? --Paul Hoffman _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
