From: Petr Špaček Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:04:00 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Reword RFC section in the ARM X-Git-Tag: v9.18.0~2^2~4 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=164272ae77286262501d1460e0bc827e2164bed8;p=thirdparty%2Fbind9.git Reword RFC section in the ARM Add couple links and caveant for uninitiated readers. --- diff --git a/doc/arm/general.rst b/doc/arm/general.rst index 28107748f61..36a27a61afb 100644 --- a/doc/arm/general.rst +++ b/doc/arm/general.rst @@ -63,17 +63,27 @@ Bibliography (and Suggested Reading) Requests for Comment (RFCs) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Specification documents for the Internet protocol suite, including the +DNS, are published as part of the `Request for Comments`_ (RFCs) series +of technical notes. The standards themselves are defined by the +`Internet Engineering Task Force`_ (IETF) and the `Internet Engineering +Steering Group`_ (IESG). RFCs can be viewed online at: +https://www.rfc-editor.org/. + +While reading RFCs, please keep in mind that :rfc:`not all RFCs are +standards <1796>`, and also that the validity of documents does change +over time. Every RFC needs to be interpreted in the context of other +documents. + BIND 9 strives for strict compliance with IETF standards. To the best of our knowledge, BIND 9 complies with the following RFCs, with the caveats and exceptions listed in the numbered notes below. Many of these RFCs were written by current or former ISC staff members. The list is non-exhaustive. -Specification documents for the Internet protocol suite, including the -DNS, are published as part of the Request for Comments (RFCs) series of -technical notes. The standards themselves are defined by the Internet -Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Engineering Steering -Group (IESG). RFCs can be viewed online at: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/ . +.. _Internet Engineering Steering Group: https://www.ietf.org/about/groups/iesg/ +.. _Internet Engineering Task Force: https://www.ietf.org/about/ +.. _Request for Comments: https://www.ietf.org/standards/rfcs/ Some of these RFCs, though DNS-related, are not concerned with implementing software.