On 21.2.2018 21:42, Edward Lewis wrote: > On 2/21/18, 14:59, "DNSOP on behalf of Wessels, Duane" > <dnsop-boun...@ietf.org on behalf of dwess...@verisign.com> wrote: > > >> > On Feb 21, 2018, at 2:53 PM, Joe Abley <jab...@hopcount.ca> wrote: >> > >> > Why did 8145 specify hex? I don't remember the discussion. > >> I argued for hex and leading zeroes because I thought it might be >> beneficial to have some structure in the query name, in case there were >> false signals from name collisions, etc. ie, _ta-0001 vs _ta-1. > > I was (back then) for hex because it was fixed width. > > Now I think sticking with the common/legacy/established way (base10) would be > better. I could live with leading 0's, but that's messy when someone it > "talking the problem over" with another.
I would prefer decimal for user-friendliness, and zero padding to make implementation easier and faster. -- Petr Špaček @ CZ.NIC _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
