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Re: DOC-BUG/TECH-OMISSION in -protocol: A vs AAAA

2004-09-06 00:16:08

On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 12:00:24AM +0200,
 Peter Koch <pk(_at_)TechFak(_dot_)Uni-Bielefeld(_dot_)DE> wrote 
 a message of 27 lines which said:

o In 4.3, although the mechanism is called "a", suggesting
similarity to the IPv4 address RR type "A"

Unfortunately, yes, there is a potential for confusion, but this is
probably for historical reasons.

 combined with the "Note" in 3.1 both A and AAAA RR types need to be
 checked, don't they?

Yes.

o In 4.4 the draft now only talks about A tyep resolution when it
comes to identifying the MX target. Not only is this inconsistent
with 3.1, it also questions the conclusion for 4.3 above.

Already reported:

http://www.imc.org/ietf-mxcomp/mail-archive/msg03518.html


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