In message <m2egr54e96.wl-niall.orei...@ucd.ie>, "Niall O'Reilly" writes: > At Thu, 08 Jan 2015 23:23:36 +1100, > Mark Andrews wrote: > > > > It is after 15 Jul 85. "dk" is no longer a hostname. There is > > just a node in the DNS tree with a A record attached which has no > > defined meaning. > > > > Mark > > Thanks, Mark. > > RFC 1034 (November 1987, but I'm sure you know that) uses the > term "host name" quite freely, notably at 5.2.1.1, where the > use of an A record for "Host name to host address translation" > is described.
And RFC 1034 also says follow the naming rules for the things you are putting in the DNS which people seem to want to ignore. _foo.example is not a host name (or hostname) regardless of whether it has a A record or not. Similarly dk is not a hostname. A "A" record does not make a hostname though it is required for a hostname. > The semantic subtlety of placing or omitting a space between > "host" and "name" is too delicate for me. > > > Best regards, > Niall -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
