Updated text for Node Req: Issue23: DNS issues

2003-10-10 Thread john . loughney
Hi all, After discussing with some DNS folk, the suggested text for section 5.2 is as follows: 5.2 DNS All nodes, that need to resolve names, SHOULD implement stub-resolver [RFC1034 section 5.3.1] functionality with support for: - type Resource Records [RFC1886

RE: Node Req: Issue23: DNS issues

2003-09-29 Thread john . loughney
Thomas, > My point on this issue is that this section doesn't really provide > much useful information, or provide any useful guidance to an > implementor. > > This document surely isn't going to recommend that nodes need to > support DNS servers. At best, this is a MAY. So, not much needs to be

Re: Node Req: Issue23: DNS issues

2003-09-29 Thread Thomas Narten
My point on this issue is that this section doesn't really provide much useful information, or provide any useful guidance to an implementor. This document surely isn't going to recommend that nodes need to support DNS servers. At best, this is a MAY. So, not much needs to be said about server stu

Node Req: Issue23: DNS issues

2003-09-24 Thread john . loughney
> > DNS, as described in [RFC-1034], [RFC-1035], [RFC-1886], [RFC-3152] > > and [RFC-3363] MAY be supported. Not all nodes will need to resolve > > names. Note that RFC 1886 is currently being updated [RFC-1886-BIS]. > > 1886-bis has been approved by the IESG I believe... When it gets and RF