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INTERNET-DRAFT Andreas Gustafsson
draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-02.txt ISC
November 2001
draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-03.txt Nominum Inc.
June 2002
Handling of Unknown DNS RR Types
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fully realized. This memo proposes changes to name servers and to
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in RFC2782 prohibits compression, RFC2052 mandated it, and some
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An implementation MAY also choose to represent some RRs of known type
using the above generic representations for the type, class and/or
RDATA, which carries the benefit of making the resulting master file
portable to servers where these types are unknown.
portable to servers where these types are unknown. Using the generic
representation for the RDATA of an RR of known type can also be
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useful in the case of an RR type where the text format varies
depending on a version, protocol, or similar field (or several)
embedded in the RDATA when such a field has a value for which no text
format is known, e.g., a LOC RR [RFC1876] with a VERSION other than
0.
Even though an RR of known type represented in the \# format is
effectively treated as an unknown type for the purpose of parsing the
RDATA text representation, all further processing by the server MUST
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To ensure backwards compatibility, this canonical form remains
unchanged for any RR types defined in RFC2931 or earlier. That is,
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the domain names embedded in RRs of type NS, MD, MF, CNAME, SOA, MB,
MG, MR, PTR, HINFO, MINFO, MX, HINFO, RP, AFSDB, RT, SIG, PX, NXT,
NAPTR, KX, SRV, DNAME, and A6 are converted to lower case. For all
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downcasing of embedded domain names takes place. The owner name is
still set to lower case.
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The canonical ordering is as specified in RFC2535 section 8.3, where
the octet sequence is the canonical form as revised by this
specification.
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[RFC1123] - Requirements for Internet Hosts -- Application and
Support, R. Braden, Editor, October 1989.
[RFC1876] - A Means for Expressing Location Information in the Domain
Name System, C. Davis, P. Vixie, T. Goodwin, I. Dickinson, January
1996.
[RFC2052] - A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS
SRV), A. Gulbrandsen, P. Vixie, October 1996. Obsoleted by RFC2782.
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[RFC2119] - Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
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[RFC2782] - A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS
SRV). A. Gulbrandsen, P. Vixie, L. Esibov, February 2000.
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[RFC2929] - Domain Name System (DNS) IANA Considerations. D.
Eastlake, E. Brunner-Williams, B. Manning, September 2000.
Author's Address
Andreas Gustafsson
ISC
950 Charter Street
Nominum Inc.
2385 Bay Rd
Redwood City, CA 94063
USA
Phone: +1 650 779 7004
Phone: +1 650 381 6004
Email: Andreas_Gustafsson@isc.org
Email: gson@nominum.com
Full Copyright Statement
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2001). All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2001 - 2002). All Rights Reserved.
This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to
others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it
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The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not be
revoked by the Internet Society or its successors or assigns.
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This document and the information contained herein is provided on an
"AS IS" basis and THE INTERNET SOCIETY AND THE INTERNET ENGINEERING
TASK FORCE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
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