Re: repeating records

[gson@nominum.com (Andreas Gustafsson)]

D. J. Bernstein writes:
> Yes or no: Are you claiming that every DNS implementor, before choosing
> to use (for example) BIND 8's strategy of sending glue whenever it's
> referenced, _must_ understand and carefully weigh the implications?

Yes.

> If people really are misusing ``SHOULD'' for minor efficiency issues
> (misinterpreting ``harm'' in section 6 of RFC 2119), we're going to need
> a new word to point out real dangers such as over-eager retransmission.

We already have one.  It's called MUST.
-- 
Andreas Gustafsson, gson@nominum.com

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