Thanks for following up. I've removed text about places were we are already 
fixing the text.

On Jul 25, 2024, at 12:39, Joe Clarke (jclarke) <jcla...@cisco.com> wrote:
> 
> > First, in Section 3 why not just say that RD bit MUST NOT be set?  Why 
> > leave it
> > to a MAY when setting the bit is undefined?  Seems like the more 
> > prescriptive
> > you are the better.
> 
> Some systems might set RD to 1 for all queries, such as due to lazy 
> programming. Setting it to 1 does no harm to anyone.
>  [JMC] Been there.  Would it make sense, then, to say, “server MUST ignore 
> RD”?

No, and for similar reasons. Some authoritative server software might pay 
attention to it, and there is no downside for it doing so.

--Paul Hoffman

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