On 20-04-15 20:00, Paul Hoffman wrote: > On Apr 20, 2015, at 9:34 AM, Shumon Huque <shu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I advise a small correction on the last sentence of this >> paragraph: >> >>> Authoritative server -- A system that responds to DNS queries >>> with information about zones for which it has been configured to >>> answer with the AA flag in the response header set to 1. It is a >>> server that has authority over one or more DNS zones. Note that >>> it is possible for an authoritative server to respond to a query >>> without the parent zone delegating authority to that server. >>> Authoritative servers also provide "referrals", usually to child >>> zones delegated from them; these referrals have the AA bit set to >>> 0 and come with referral data in the Additional section. >> >> Referral data is present in both the authority section and (if >> needed) the additional section. It's perfectly possible for a >> referral to not contain an additional section (sans OPT etc) if >> none of the NS records in the authority require glue address >> records. >> >> My suggestion: remove the mention of only the additional section >> (descriptions of referrals are provided elsewhere in the doc). Or >> say "and come with referral data in the authority and (if needed) >> the additional section. > > This seems like a good change; do others agree?
I prefer rephrasing over removing. Best regards, Matthijs > > --Paul Hoffman _______________________________________________ DNSOP > mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop > _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
