commit 4855de0dd5f071aa1681e5f729dbbecd0c26b7de
parent a6749b81441616edb29ba7a4a69f1e49079dbd06
Author: Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 21:20:54 +0100
use suffix instead of prefix, as we are looking at the END of the names here
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/draft-schanzen-gns.xml b/draft-schanzen-gns.xml
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@
<ol>
<li>Check if top-level domain maps to a local zone key.</li>
<li>Check if top-level domain maps to a local zone name.</li>
- <li>Check if a configuration exists that maps a prefix to an
+ <li>Check if a configuration exists that maps a suffix to an
external zone key.</li>
</ol>
<t>
@@ -888,18 +888,18 @@
]]></artwork>
<t>
- If no matching local zone for the TLD is found, external prefix to
- zone mappings are checked. External prefix to zone key mapping
+ If no matching local zone for the TLD is found, external suffix to
+ zone mappings are checked. External suffix to zone key mapping
SHOULD be configurable through the GNS implementation. A mapping
- has the form "prefix = public zone key".
- The prefix may consist of multiple GNS labels concatenated with a
- ".". If multiple prefixes match the name to resolve, the longest
- prefix is chosen. The prefix length of two results cannot be equal,
+ has the form "suffix = public zone key".
+ The suffix may consist of multiple GNS labels concatenated with a
+ ".". If multiple suffixes match the name to resolve, the longest matching
+ suffix MUST be used. The suffix length of two results cannot be equal,
as this would indicate a misconfiguration.
</t>
<artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[
Example name: www.example.gnu
- Local prefix mappings:
+ Local suffix mappings:
gnu = zk0
example.gnu = zk1
example.com = zk2