Hi,

On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 06:04:06PM -0800, Paul Vixie wrote:
> 
> they must be ignored, because they could constitute part of a referral loop.
> valid referrals are to descendants not ancestors or cousins.

[…]

> we should note that an upward or sideways or other non-downward referral is
> a sign of misconfiguration and must be treated as SERVFAIL.

I am a little uncomfortable with using this document to specify
protocol behaviour as opposed to specifying protocol behaviour already
specified elsewhere.  I may have missed them, but I am not sure either
of these requirements (musts) are stated so baldly in any RFC.  Have I
missed something?

A

-- 
Andrew Sullivan
a...@anvilwalrusden.com

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