Re: [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC4343 (5112)

John and I agree 
please reject this errata 

Olafur

> On Sep 12, 2017, at 6:15 PM, John Levine <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I would reject this or at most mark it as hold for update.  The word
> "should" in lower case appears in two other places where it's not used
> in the 2119 sense, and I think this one is not intended to be the 2119
> sense either.  The sentence in question is describing the historical
> situation, and the following capital MUSTs tell you what to do.  
> 
> Having said that, if we ever revisit this document, it would benefit
> from rewording to make it clearer when it is telling you what to do
> and when it's just giving background.
> 
> R's,
> John
> 
> 
> 
> In article <[email protected]> you write:
>> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC4343,
>> "Domain Name System (DNS) Case Insensitivity Clarification".
>> 
>> --------------------------------------
>> You may review the report below and at:
>> http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5112
>> 
>> --------------------------------------
>> Type: Editorial
>> Reported by: Change "should" to must in section 3.(no subsection) <[email protected]>
>> 
>> Section: 3
>> 
>> Original Text
>> -------------
>> comparisons on name lookup for DNS queries should be case insensitive
>> 
>> Corrected Text
>> --------------
>> comparisons on name lookup for DNS queries must be case insensitive
>> 
>> Notes
>> -----
>> Some authoritative DNS servers and/or mitigation devices/software silently drop queries that have
>> uppercase letters in them.  Furthermore, the clarification of the case insensitive comparison in the
>> following two sentences after that particular sentence use the term MUST.  I suspect some readers of the
>> RFC are reading the word "should" and aren't reading the rest of the paragraph.
>> 
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>> 
>> --------------------------------------
>> RFC4343 (draft-ietf-dnsext-insensitive-06)
>> --------------------------------------
>> Title               : Domain Name System (DNS) Case Insensitivity Clarification
>> Publication Date    : January 2006
>> Author(s)           : D. Eastlake 3rd
>> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
>> Source              : DNS Extensions
>> Area                : Internet
>> Stream              : IETF
>> Verifying Party     : IESG
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