@techreport{yao-dnsop-xname-loop-00, number = {draft-yao-dnsop-xname-loop-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-yao-dnsop-xname-loop/00/}, author = {Jiankang Yao and XiaoDong Lee}, title = {{xNAME loop detection and its usage suggestion}}, pagetotal = 8, year = 2011, month = nov, day = 14, abstract = {The Domain Name System (DNS) has provided some means, such as CNAME or DNAME, where a query can be redirected to a different name. The zone operator should be careful about this redirection, which may forms a loop. The detail analysis of xNAME loop detection and its impacts are not specified in the RFC 1035 and RFC 2672. This document gives a detail analysis of xNAME loop and its impacts. It also gives some advices for using xNAME.}, }