RE: [sitefinder-tech-discuss] Technical issues encountered by a k 12 site

["Hollenbeck, Scott" <shollenbeck@verisign.com>]

> The issue is *not* that that there are implementations that 
> don't handle
> every possible option and every variation of every protocol.
> 
> The issue *is* that sitefinder changes the practical meaning of DNS
> responses in a way that leads adequately written applications astray.

No, I was asking about a larger issue that's related to the issue you
described.  The message I responded to mentioned home-grown code that had a
problem.  I asked about the thought process that went into writing that code
because it was reported to have experienced a problem with a long-standing
feature of the DNS protocol.  Given that there's an effort underway in the
IETF to clarify RFC 1034's description of wildcard processing, I want to
understand if there's something here that needs to be clarified or changed
to help application developers.

-Scott-

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