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Add reference to RFC3493
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tfpauly authored Oct 25, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ In order to include the `next-hop-aliases` parameter, a proxy needs to have acce
of alias names and canonical names received in CNAME records.

Implementations ought to note that the full chain of names might not be available in common DNS
resolution APIs, such as `getaddrinfo`. `getaddrinfo` does have an option for `AI_CANONNAME`,
but this will only return the last name in the chain (the canonical name), not the alias
names.
resolution APIs, such as `getaddrinfo`. `getaddrinfo` does have an option for `AI_CANONNAME`
({{Section 6.1 of ?RFC3493}}), but this will only return the last name in the chain
(the canonical name), not the alias names.

An implementation MAY include incomplete information in the `next-hop-aliases` parameter to accommodate cases where it is unable to include the full chain, such as only including the canonical name if the implementation can only use `getaddrinfo` as described above.

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