Re: nsec-01, bit 0

[Roy Arends <roy@logmess.com>]

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Olaf Kolkman wrote:

>
>  * Bit 0 in the first bitmap in the first window does not encode for any=20
>  * RR. Shouldn't this bit get a status of reserved in the draft? Or doesn't
>  * it matter if it's 1 or 0.
>
>
> This is "Silly State" again :-) (that issue is closed)
>
> See
> http://ops.ietf.org/lists/namedroppers/namedroppers.2003/msg01851.html

Nope,

Nothing to do with that.

In NXT bit 0 was reserved FFU, that future use is no more. Semantically,
it would refer to TYPE 0, which is 'an illegal type' according to 2535.

The nsec-01 needs to state something about it. (Bit 0 MUST be clear, clear
on send, ignore on receive)

Roy

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