From aa68841bd8a14e3a78f116ca6210530bd27cbdd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Andrews Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 14:22:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] new draft --- ...t => draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-03.txt} | 121 +++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 88 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-) rename doc/draft/{draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-02.txt => draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-03.txt} (87%) diff --git a/doc/draft/draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-02.txt b/doc/draft/draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-03.txt similarity index 87% rename from doc/draft/draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-02.txt rename to doc/draft/draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-03.txt index 345d4e85d4..d1a6c405b9 100644 --- a/doc/draft/draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-02.txt +++ b/doc/draft/draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-03.txt @@ -1,8 +1,6 @@ - - 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 @@ -51,9 +49,9 @@ Abstract -Expires May 2002 [Page 1] +Expires December 2002 [Page 1] -draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-02.txt November 2001 +draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-03.txt June 2002 fully realized. This memo proposes changes to name servers and to @@ -107,9 +105,9 @@ draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-02.txt November 2001 -Expires May 2002 [Page 2] +Expires December 2002 [Page 2] -draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-02.txt November 2001 +draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-03.txt June 2002 in RFC2782 prohibits compression, RFC2052 mandated it, and some @@ -158,16 +156,22 @@ draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-02.txt November 2001 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 - -Expires May 2002 [Page 3] +Expires December 2002 [Page 3] -draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-02.txt November 2001 +draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-03.txt June 2002 + 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 @@ -210,6 +214,14 @@ draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-02.txt November 2001 To ensure backwards compatibility, this canonical form remains unchanged for any RR types defined in RFC2931 or earlier. That is, + + + +Expires December 2002 [Page 4] + +draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-03.txt June 2002 + + 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 @@ -217,13 +229,6 @@ draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-02.txt November 2001 downcasing of embedded domain names takes place. The owner name is still set to lower case. - - -Expires May 2002 [Page 4] - -draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-02.txt November 2001 - - The canonical ordering is as specified in RFC2535 section 8.3, where the octet sequence is the canonical form as revised by this specification. @@ -258,9 +263,21 @@ References [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. + + + +Expires December 2002 [Page 5] + +draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-03.txt June 2002 + + [RFC2119] - Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. @@ -273,32 +290,25 @@ References [RFC2782] - A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV). A. Gulbrandsen, P. Vixie, L. Esibov, February 2000. - - -Expires May 2002 [Page 5] - -draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-02.txt November 2001 - - [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 @@ -317,6 +327,13 @@ Full Copyright Statement The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not be revoked by the Internet Society or its successors or assigns. + + +Expires December 2002 [Page 6] + +draft-ietf-dnsext-unknown-rrs-03.txt June 2002 + + 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 @@ -331,5 +348,43 @@ Full Copyright Statement -Expires May 2002 [Page 6] - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Expires December 2002 [Page 7] + +