TMM (too many mnemonics)

[Samuel Weiler <weiler@tislabs.com>]

RFC2535 allows numbers or mnemonics for the flags and protocol fields
in the KEY RR presentation format, but -records drops that for DNSKEY
and requires numbers.  Was that intentional?

-records also allows algorithm mnemonics in the DS presentation
format, but RFC3658 only allows numbers (for both the algorithm and
digest type fields).  Again, was that intentional?

To summarize:

Field               Allowed presentation formats   Different?
                    -records   RFC2535  RFC3658
(DNS)KEY algorithm   either    either
(DNS)KEY flags       number    either                X
(DNS)KEY protocol    number    either                X
DS algorithm         either             number       X
DS digest            number             number
SIG algorithm        either    either

-- Sam

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