> >PQ: the url scheme does not allow the RD bit to be set. > > The draft says "A DNS URI designates a DNS resource record set ... by > domain name, type, class and server.". That is, it identifies a location > within the abstract domain name space, a location which may contain > an RRset. this statement would only be an answer to my concern if there were no way to direct the query to a particular server using the "hostport" syntax. if we're going to give the URL syntax a way to designate a server other than the one which is authoritatively responsible for the data, or a local caching resolver (also called a "recursive nameserver"), then we need to be able to set the RD bit. personally, i like your answer better, but to reach that answer we would have to remove the "hostport" syntax from the proposal. -- Paul Vixie