[dns-operations] Google's name servers compressing names in SRV records

[Paul Vixie]

> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:01:34 +0200
> From: Peter Koch <pk at DENIC.DE>
> 
> it is yet unclear whether these servers ideed followed RFC 2052 or had
> other reasons to compress SRV RDATA.  ...

more than once while i was down in the implementation trenches i stupidly
and blindly compressed rdata that no RFC had given guideance or consent to
have compressed.  i therefore ascribe google's compression of SRV rdata to
"likely boneheadedness" not intent.

> The "standard", RFC 3597, already says they SHOULD be prepared to
> decompress SRV RDATA.

indeed, and also there's the robustness principle.  there's no harm in
being ready to decompress rdata's beyond what the RFC's suggest, perhaps
all rdatas.  it's just compressing them in the first place that's "wrong."

(this thread probably belongs on namedroppers@ if we're not just talking
about fixing google's nameservers in particular.)