Keith Moore wrote:
Joe Touch wrote:Keith Moore wrote:|> RFC1043 defines the dot. The fact that some apps don't recognize it is a|> bug. || not when the application explicitly specifies that FQDNs are to be used.| in such cases the dot is superfluous. Superfluous is fine. Prohibited is not. If the app inputs DNS names, then FQDNs should be valid, even if redundant.I don't think you get to revise a couple of decades of protocol design and implementation by declaring that RFC 1043's authors and process trump everything that's been done afterward.
I'll repeat: some app misbehaviors are just bugs not all app misbehaviors define new, acceptable behaviorAt some point we as a group decide what to accept as BCP, and what to just call a bug. This, IMO, falls squarely in the 'bug' bin.
Joe
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