RFC 6891, "Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS(0))", April 2013

Errata ID: 6982
Status: Rejected
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Avninder Sran
Date Reported: 2022-05-29
Rejected by: Eric Vyncke
Date Rejected: 2022-05-30

Section 4.3 says:

Traditional DNS messages are limited to 512 octets in size when sent over UDP [RFC1035]. Fitting the increasing amounts of data that can be transported in DNS in this 512-byte limit is becoming more difficult. For instance, inclusion of DNSSEC records frequently requires a much larger response than a 512-byte message can hold.

It should say:

Traditional DNS messages are limited to 512-bytes in size when sent over UDP [RFC1035]. Fitting the increasing amounts of data that can be transported in DNS in this 512-byte limit is becoming more difficult. For instance, inclusion of DNSSEC records frequently
 requires a much larger response than a 512-byte message can hold.

Notes:

In the original text, it says: DNS messages are limited to 512 octets in size, but it should be 512 bytes not octets.


--VERIFIER NOTES--
Most RFCs use "octets" and "bytes" as equivalent (even if I personally prefer "octets").

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