Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation

2023-04-19 Thread Paul Vixie
Peter Thomassen wrote on 2023-04-15 10:13: On 4/10/23 15:39, Wessels, Duane wrote: “A lame delegation is said to exist when one or more authoritative servers designated by the delegating NS rrset or by the apex NS rrset answers non-authoritatively for a zone”. ... or by the *child's*

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation

2023-04-18 Thread Edward Lewis
On 4/17/23, 5:18 PM, "DNSOP on behalf of Wes Hardaker" wrote: >I'm not saying that some people don't understand it. It's just a weird >english choice that we're sticking with because of history. ... There are lots of "weird English choices" in play. Consistency is most important, especially

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation

2023-04-17 Thread Wes Hardaker
Paul Hoffman writes: > The term "lame delegation" is defined in two RFCs, which are > referenced in the terminology draft. This has caused the term to be > commonly used. I'm not saying that some people don't understand it. It's just a weird english choice that we're sticking with because of

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation

2023-04-17 Thread Edward Lewis
On 4/3/23, 4:02 PM, "DNSOP on behalf of Wessels, Duane" wrote: > >(1) NS.EXAMPLE.ORG resolves to an IP address. Queries to the IP address > result in a REFUSED, SERVFAIL, upward referral, or some other indication the > name server is not configured to serve the zone. > >(2)

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation

2023-04-15 Thread Peter Thomassen
On 4/10/23 15:39, Wessels, Duane wrote: “A lame delegation is said to exist when one or more authoritative servers designated by the delegating NS rrset or by the apex NS rrset answers non-authoritatively for a zone”. ... or by the *child's* apex NS rrset ... (The delegating zone also has

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation

2023-04-13 Thread Paul Hoffman
On Apr 13, 2023, at 11:56 AM, Wes Hardaker wrote: > > Warren Kumari writes: > >> Yup, lame delegation and lame server are still in very common use — > > That doesn't mean it should be. The term "lame delegation" is defined in two RFCs, which are referenced in the terminology draft. This has

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation

2023-04-13 Thread Wes Hardaker
Warren Kumari writes: > Yup, lame delegation and lame server are still in very common use — That doesn't mean it should be. > and (IMO) it's usually clear from context what is being > communicated. Having been historically (and likely futurely) confused by the term, I disagree. It is not

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation

2023-04-11 Thread Warren Kumari
On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 6:57 PM, Paul Hoffman wrote: > On Apr 11, 2023, at 3:06 PM, Paul Wouters wrote: > > No one proposed to retire the term? > > Not yet, I believe. > > If unclear and additionally inappropriate from an inclusive language point > of view, why not document the term as is, with

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation

2023-04-11 Thread Paul Hoffman
On Apr 11, 2023, at 3:06 PM, Paul Wouters wrote: > > No one proposed to retire the term? Not yet, I believe. > If unclear and additionally inappropriate from an inclusive language point of > view, why not document the term as is, with a note explaining it is > incomplete (without trying to

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation

2023-04-11 Thread Paul Wouters
No one proposed to retire the term? If unclear and additionally inappropriate from an inclusive language point of view, why not document the term as is, with a note explaining it is incomplete (without trying to fix it) and calling the term historic? Paul Sent using a virtual keyboard on a

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation

2023-04-11 Thread Paul Hoffman
On Apr 8, 2023, at 7:12 PM, Paul Hoffman wrote: > > I have been on vacation this week and am just seeing this thread now. Now > that a bunch of people have spoken up on the topic, if someone wants to > propose a *specific* change to the definition in draft-ietf-dnsop-rfc8499bis, > this would

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation

2023-04-10 Thread Paul Vixie
Wessels, Duane wrote on 2023-04-10 06:39: I think Paul’s definition is good and matches the way I think of a lame delegation. My one quibble would be with the ending part that says “that zone is said to have…” This is somewhat confusing because the definition combines both a parent-child

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation

2023-04-10 Thread Joe Abley
On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 15:39, Wessels, Duane wrote: > Perhaps: > > “A lame delegation is said to exist when one or more authoritative servers > designated by the delegating NS rrset or by the apex NS rrset answers > non-authoritatively for a zone”. I like this. Joe

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation

2023-04-10 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 01:39:21PM +, Wessels, Duane wrote: > Perhaps: > > "A lame delegation is said to exist when one or more authoritative > servers designated by the delegating NS rrset or by the apex NS rrset > answers non-authoritatively for a zone". This is a decent definition of the

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation

2023-04-10 Thread Wessels, Duane
I think Paul’s definition is good and matches the way I think of a lame delegation. My one quibble would be with the ending part that says “that zone is said to have…” This is somewhat confusing because the definition combines both a parent-child delegation and an apex/self delegation. If

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation

2023-04-09 Thread paul=40redbarn . org
<> I know the dev who coined the term and I know what it meant. If that term is not now useful to you feel free to make up one of your own rather than redefining this one to suit changing tastes. p vixie ___ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation

2023-04-09 Thread Mats Dufberg
e: +46 73 065 3899 https://internetstiftelsen.se/ From: DNSOP on behalf of paul=40redbarn@dmarc.ietf.org Date: Sunday, 9 April 2023 at 09:32 To: Paul Hoffman , dnsop@ietf.org Subject: Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation "If one or more authoritative servers designated by the

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation

2023-04-09 Thread paul=40redbarn . org
"If one or more authoritative servers designated by the delegating NS rrset or by the apex NS rrset answers non-authoritatively for a zone, that zone is said to have a lame delegation." p vixie On Apr 9, 2023 04:13, Paul Hoffman wrote: I have been on vacation this week and am just seeing

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Meaning of lame delegation

2023-04-08 Thread Paul Hoffman
I have been on vacation this week and am just seeing this thread now. Now that a bunch of people have spoken up on the topic, if someone wants to propose a *specific* change to the definition in draft-ietf-dnsop-rfc8499bis, this would be a very good time to do it, given that we are after WG