Re: RFC1536 on Common DNS Implementation Errors

[John C Klensin <KLENSIN@INFOODS.UNU.EDU>]

>The ability to specify that a
>name is fully qualified by suffixing it with a dot is not as widely 
>implemented in the application set as we would all wish; many applications
>consider trailing-dot names to have erroneous syntax, and some others will
>...

Actually, we have actively discouraged it in at least some applications
at an internal-to-the-DNS and DNS software convention that really should
not be seen by users.


> I understand your grievance, but the alternatives were all worse.  1536
> stopped just short of banning partially qualified names altogether.

If my memory serves me correctly, RFC 1123 also stopped just short of
banning them entirely.  Perhaps it is time to bite the bullet or to
start thinking about an explicit "please go hunting for this name using
my personal rule set" convention that applications could provide if
desired.

   john