>>> It's nonsensical for an application to decide that relative names are >>> unacceptable, but to require users to input names as relative. >> >> it's nonsensical for you to unilaterally declare that such names are >> relative, when well over two decades of practice indicates otherwise. > > I didn't declare it; 1034 did. And RFC 1535 got resolvers to try search lists last if there was a period in the name. This removed the need for final periods for any legal fully qualified host name. "hk" is not a legal fully qualified host name. Demanding that applications support final dots to support uses that are outside of the original design scope is nonsensical. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews@xxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf