Hiya, On 18/09/15 19:55, Paul Hoffman wrote: > On 15 Sep 2015, at 9:46, Stephen Farrell wrote: > >> Is a domain a sub-domain of itself? > > No. The quoted definition from RFC 1034 starts off "A domain is a > subdomain of another domain..." There is no language in RFCs 1034 or > 1035 that indicate that a domain can be a subdomain of itself.
In 1034, 3.1? I don't think that answers this question tbh. That says: "A domain is a subdomain of another domain if it is contained within that domain." That'd answer the question if it said iff but it says if. > >> Do we care? > > We would if it could be, since there could be ramifications. IIRC your document doesn't say either. Now I guess that might be the correct stance, but maybe it's one to [onder on the dnsop list at some other appropriate time. OTOH, since the DNS has survived and prospered regardless, it may be fine to just not bother. S. > > --Paul Hoffman > _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
