Re: TMM (too many mnemonics)

[Brian Wellington <Brian.Wellington@nominum.com>]

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Scott Rose wrote:

> I do not seem to recall any discussion on the list about dropping the
> mnemonic option in the presentation format.  Someone please correct me if I
> am wrong.  Is there an objection to allowing the algorithm mnemonic in the
> presentation formats of the DS/RRSIG and DNSKEY RRs?
>
> Since there is only one protocol value now (3), I feel the mnemonics for
> that field could be safely dropped.

This sounds like an argument for dropping the field, not dropping support
for mnemonics.  If there's only one value, it shouldn't exist at all.
Having a field whose only legal value is '3' is confusing.

Brian

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