The IESG has received a request from the Domain Name System Operations WG (dnsop) to consider the following document: - 'NXDOMAIN really means there is nothing underneath' <draft-ietf-dnsop-nxdomain-cut-03.txt> as Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2016-07-29. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This document states clearly that when a DNS resolver receives a response with response code of NXDOMAIN, it means that the domain name which is thus denied AND ALL THE NAMES UNDER IT do not exist. REMOVE BEFORE PUBLICATION: this document should be discussed in the IETF DNSOP (DNS Operations) group, through its mailing list. The source of the document, as well as a list of open issues, is currently kept at Github [1]. This documents clarifies RFC 1034 and modifies a bit RFC 2308 so it updates both of them. The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dnsop-nxdomain-cut/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dnsop-nxdomain-cut/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
