Adding CNAME for the root domain issue

[Barry Margolin]

In article <mailman.645.1461772844.73610.bind-users at lists.isc.org>,
 Sam Wilson <Sam.Wilson at ed.ac.uk> wrote:

> In article <mailman.633.1461768150.73610.bind-users at lists.isc.org>,
>  "Baird, Josh" <jbaird at follett.com> wrote:
> 
> > Any thoughts on a service like Cloudfare's 'CNAME Flattening' [1]?
> > 
> > [1] 
> > https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-cname-flattening-rfc-compliant-cname
> > s-at-a-domains-root/
> 
> <delurk>
> Does anyone else find themselves mentally yelling "apex!" whenever they 
> read the word "root" in that document?
> </delurk>

I've long since stopped getting bothered by sloppy language like this, 
ever since people started using "IP" as short for "IP address", or using 
"class A, B, C" to refer to /8, /6, and /24 prefixes, rather than the 
original address ranges.

The context always makes it clear when root == apex.

-- 
Barry Margolin
Arlington, MA