Hello,
I've read through RFC 8499, and found some things I considered odd.
Particularly page 14 and 19 which describe the "master files" and the
"primary" and "secondary" servers.
In most of the DNS-related documentation I've read so far, the "master
files" are often called zone files. I find it strange that in the RFC
this is only acknowledged, rather than defined into its own term and
prioritized.
Regarding the primary and secondary servers, it's a fair euphemism but
this among further fracturing of nomenclature in other projects makes
this definition very fragmented (master/slave is now primary/secondary,
main, parent/child, etc). This is something I find unnecessary and
harmful, as it creates confusion while merely redefining the same. It
also unnecessarily obsoletes older documentation. Newcomers to the DNS
could become confused. I was very confused when I recently built my own
DNS server infrastructure.
The discussion regarding these tends to get emotional and political, but
I feel like these should be kept outside of standards bodies. Just like
we are still stuck with 29.97 Hz refresh rates on televisions from
implementations half a century ago, these changes could also affect
those half a century from now on.
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Met vriendelijke groet / Best regards,
Michael De Roover
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