It appears that Peter van Dijk <peter.van.d...@powerdns.com> said: >> Corrected Text >> -------------- >> 5. Authoritative DNS Servers: Authoritative servers SHOULD NOT >> recognize .onion names as special and MUST NOT treat queries for >> .onion names differently from other queries. By default, >> authoritative servers MUST NOT respond authoritatively to >> queries for .onion names. > >I like this even more. > >> The "By default" qualifier covers the case of a non-default >> configuration (such as being configured to serve the root zone) where an >> authoritative server would need to respond authoritatively for .onion >> names.
It also allows wiggle room for kludges that special case .onion names and set up proxies that respond on localhost addresses and synthesize an A record to point to the proxy address. (Did I say kludge?) R's, John _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
