a positive test proves Ze does what the requirement demands and a negative one proves it refuses what the requirement forbids
RFC 2782 - A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)
Every requirement this repository extracted from RFC 2782, the tests bound to it, and what a reader has verified about them. This summary is enrolled and gated by ./le rfc check.
Overview
Positive
what Ze has
the requirement admits no counter-case, so one polarity plus a recorded reason is the whole proof available for it
one direction is tested, the other is neither tested nor excused, and nothing states which
scoped tests exist; the remaining obligation is unmet or unproven, with zero whole-requirement credit
no test carries the requirement id, whether or not a gap states why
a red was observed once under a recorded procedure, and the unit, the claim and the producer it rested on still hash to what was recorded. The break is not re-run. A test pair is not a proof until one has been observed
Neutral
measures that are neither good news nor bad
MUST-level requirements the gate HOLDS. A population, not a result: the shares beside it are what says how Ze stands
an obligation that does not bind Ze. A {not-applicable} annotation says it never bound; a {feature-declined} annotation says its condition is an optional feature Ze does not offer, and quotes the RFC sentence that makes it optional. Scope, not coverage: it stays in the denominator every share on this page is taken over
a {not-applicable} annotation says the obligation does not bind Ze, so no test is owed for it. It stays in the denominator every share here is taken over
a {lower-layer} annotation says a layer under Ze performs the behavior, on state Ze installs into that layer, and names the producer that installs it. The obligation binds Ze and is met; Ze proves none of it, because its own boundary carries no value the behavior reads
a {feature-declined} annotation says the obligation is conditional on a feature the RFC makes optional and Ze does not offer, and it quotes the sentence that makes it optional. The condition is false, so nothing is owed and nothing is missing. It stays in the denominator every share here is taken over
The 8 shares marked as a part above are the whole of the 7 gated MUSTs: they add to 100%. Proven by a recorded break is a share of TAGGED UNITS, a different population, so it is not one of them.
How to read the colors
A color names what the measure MEANS, not how well Ze scores on it. Green is a good outcome at any value, red is a bad one, and neither a population nor a scope count is an outcome, so both take no color. The number under the label is what says how far Ze has got.
| Card | Tone here | Why that color |
|---|---|---|
| Gated MUSTs | neutral | no color: a population is a scale, and a larger one is neither good news nor bad. It is the accounting total |
| Out of scope | neutral | no color: an obligation that never bound Ze is neither an achievement nor a failure, and counting it either way would be a claim |
| Tested both ways | ok | green at every value: a test pair is the outcome this gate exists to produce, and the share under the label is what says how far Ze has got |
| One polarity plus reason | ok | green at every value: where no counter-case exists, one polarity IS the complete answer, and a recorded reason is what the gate demands beside it |
| One polarity, unexcused | ok | green at zero, RED above it: half a proof with no reason for the other half |
| Partial proof; remaining gap | ok | green at zero, RED above it: a tested clause cannot prove the whole requirement |
| No test at all | ok | green at zero, RED above it: a binding obligation nothing exercises is a claim with nothing behind it, whether or not a reason is stated |
| Not applicable | neutral | no color: an obligation that never bound Ze is neither an achievement nor a failure, and counting it either way would be a claim |
| Met below Ze | neutral | no color: an obligation met below Ze is neither a test Ze wrote nor work Ze owes, and the two green shares above are what says how much Ze proves itself |
| Optional feature declined | neutral | no color: an obligation whose condition Ze never meets is neither an achievement nor a failure. The absent FEATURE is disclosed on the RFC's own status row, as an implementation gap a later scope decision can revisit |
| Proven by a recorded break | ok | green at every value: an observed break is the outcome the discrimination gate exists to produce. The denominator is TAGGED UNITS, not obligations, so this share is not one of the parts above |
| Audit verdicts | warn | RED on the first weak, wrong or unimplemented verdict, amber while a verdict is no longer current or a gated MUST is unjudged, green when every one is judged sound and current |
At a glance
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Public status | No row in the public ledger |
| Enrolment | Enrolled |
| Requirements | 14 |
| Gated MUST-level | 7 |
| Not applicable, so out of scope | 7 |
| Declared gaps | 0 |
| Declared gaps a test demonstrates | 0 |
| Gated with no test | 0 |
| Nightly-only evidence | 0 |
| Test tags | 0 |
| Tagged units | 0 |
| Recorded audit verdicts | 0 |
| Discrimination records | 0 |
| Summary | rfc/short/rfc2782.md |
| Requirement shard | rfc/requirements/rfc2782.md |
| RFC text | rfc/full/rfc2782.txt |
Enrolment
Enrolled: DNS SRV resource records: seven MUST-level requirements, all {not-applicable}. ze serves SRV records verbatim as an authoritative server (internal/plugins/geodns: config.go parseSRV, server.go recordRR emitting dns.SRV) and implements no SRV-cognizant connecting client that performs priority/weight selection or Additional-section address resolution (internal/component/resolve/dns surfaces target:port strings without contacting or ordering; no production code resolves TypeSRV). The client-selection MUSTs (Priority-1, Notes-2 parse-all-RRs, Notes-3 Additional-section lookup), the protocol-specification-author MUSTs (Applicability-1 Service token, Applicability-2 security considerations), and the Target MUSTs (Target-1 address records present, Target-2 not a CNAME) all govern roles or data ze does not own.
What the public ledger says
No row in the public ledger, so its summary declares `| Support | - |` and docs/features/rfc-status.md carries no row for RFC 2782.
Coverage
| Bucket | Count | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Positive and negative tests | 0 | one part of the gated population |
| Annotated (including scoped evidence) | 7 | one part of the gated population |
| One polarity only | 0 | one part of the gated population |
| No test and no annotation | 0 | one part of the gated population |
| Partial proof; remaining gap (subset of annotated; zero whole-requirement credit) | 0 | an overlay: each of these is also counted by the part it falls in |
| Evidence that runs nightly only | 0 | an overlay: each of these is also counted by the part it falls in |
| Derived from other rows | 0 | outside the gated population: each asserts nothing and derives its state from the rows it names, which the parts above already count |
| Gated MUST-level requirements | 7 | every gated MUST falls in exactly one bucket above |
Annotated (including scoped evidence) (7): RFC2782-Applicability-1, RFC2782-Applicability-2, RFC2782-Priority-1, RFC2782-Target-1, RFC2782-Target-2, RFC2782-Notes-2, RFC2782-Notes-3
Requirements
| Requirement | Level | Section | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
RFC2782-Applicability-1 | Such specification MUST define the symbolic name to be used in the Service field of the SRV record as described below. (§Applicability) | ||
| MUST | Applicability | positive
no testno positive testnegative
no testno negative test{not-applicable}: this MUST binds the author of a protocol specification that adopts SRV to define the Service token; ze authors no such specification -- the _Service._Proto owner name is operator config data served verbatim (internal/plugins/geodns/config.go:319, server.go:111), not a name ze defines |
|
RFC2782-Applicability-2 | Such specification MUST define the symbolic name to be used in the Service field of the SRV record as described below. It also MUST include security considerations. (§Applicability) | ||
| MUST | Applicability | positive
no testno positive testnegative
no testno negative test{not-applicable}: this is a security-considerations obligation on the author of an SRV-adopting protocol specification; ze publishes no such specification |
|
RFC2782-Priority-1 | A client MUST attempt to contact the target host with the lowest-numbered priority it can reach (§Priority) | ||
| MUST | Priority | positive
no testno positive testnegative
no testno negative test{not-applicable}: ze implements no SRV-cognizant connecting client; geodns is authoritative and serves SRV verbatim without selection (internal/plugins/geodns/server.go:111), and internal/component/resolve/dns returns target:port strings without contacting or ordering by priority (resolver.go:321) -- no production code resolves TypeSRV |
|
RFC2782-Target-1 | There MUST be one or more address records for this name (§Target) | ||
| MUST | Target | positive
no testno positive testnegative
no testno negative test{not-applicable}: an SRV Target is an arbitrary FQDN that commonly lives outside any zone geodns is authoritative for, so geodns cannot require in-zone address records for it (internal/plugins/geodns/config.go:319); the address-record obligation belongs to the target's own authoritative zone |
|
RFC2782-Target-2 | There MUST be one or more address records for this name, the name MUST NOT be an alias (in the sense of RFC 1034 or RFC 2181). (§Target) | ||
| MUST NOT | Target | positive
no testno positive testnegative
no testno negative test{not-applicable}: geodns serves no CNAME record type (internal/plugins/geodns/record.go:10-14), so a geodns SRV Target can never resolve to a geodns-served alias; whether an external target name is a CNAME is outside geodns's authority |
|
RFC2782-Notes-2 | A client MUST parse all of the RR's in the reply. (§Notes) | ||
| MUST | Notes | positive
no testno positive testnegative
no testno negative test{not-applicable}: this parse-all-RRs MUST governs the SRV-cognizant client that locates and connects to servers; ze has no such client. internal/component/resolve/dns iterates every answer RR (resolver.go:299) but is a generic stub resolver surfacing data, not a connecting SRV client, and no production code drives it with TypeSRV |
|
RFC2782-Notes-3 | If the Additional Data section doesn't contain address records for all the SRV RR's and the client may want to connect to the target host(s) involved, the client MUST look up the address record(s). (§Notes) | ||
| MUST | Notes | positive
no testno positive testnegative
no testno negative test{not-applicable}: Additional-section address follow-up before connecting is a connecting-SRV-client obligation ze does not implement; internal/component/resolve/dns never reads the Additional section and never connects (resolver.go:299), and geodns as a server emits no target address glue for SRV answers (server.go:182-188) |
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RFC2782-Applicability-3 | Service SRV records SHOULD NOT be used in the absence of such specification. (§Applicability) | ||
| SHOULD NOT | Applicability | positive
no testno positive testnegative
no testno negative test |
|
RFC2782-Priority-2 | target hosts with the same priority SHOULD be tried in an order defined by the weight field. (§Priority) | ||
| SHOULD | Priority | positive
no testno positive testnegative
no testno negative test |
|
RFC2782-Weight-1 | Larger weights SHOULD be given a proportionately higher probability of being selected (§Weight) | ||
| SHOULD | Weight | positive
no testno positive testnegative
no testno negative test |
|
RFC2782-Weight-2 | Domain administrators SHOULD use Weight 0 when there isn't any server selection to do, to make the RR easier to read for humans (less noisy). (§Weight) | ||
| SHOULD | Weight | positive
no testno positive testnegative
no testno negative test |
|
RFC2782-Weight-3 | The following algorithm SHOULD be used to order the SRV RRs of the same priority (§Weight) | ||
| SHOULD | Weight | positive
no testno positive testnegative
no testno negative test |
|
RFC2782-Usage-1 | A SRV-cognizant client SHOULD use this procedure to locate a list of servers and connect to the preferred one (§Usage) | ||
| SHOULD | Usage | positive
no testno positive testnegative
no testno negative test |
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RFC2782-Notes-1 | Port numbers SHOULD NOT be used in place of the symbolic service or protocol names (§Notes) | ||
| SHOULD NOT | Notes | positive
no testno positive testnegative
no testno negative test |
|
Gaps and untested MUSTs
| Requirement | State | Reason |
|---|---|---|
RFC2782-Applicability-1 Such specification MUST define the symbolic name to be used in the Service field of the SRV record as described below. (§Applicability) |
no test | no test carries this requirement id; annotated {not-applicable}: this MUST binds the author of a protocol specification that adopts SRV to define the Service token; ze authors no such specification -- the _Service._Proto owner name is operator config data served verbatim (internal/plugins/geodns/config.go:319, server.go:111), not a name ze defines |
RFC2782-Applicability-2 Such specification MUST define the symbolic name to be used in the Service field of the SRV record as described below. It also MUST include security considerations. (§Applicability) |
no test | no test carries this requirement id; annotated {not-applicable}: this is a security-considerations obligation on the author of an SRV-adopting protocol specification; ze publishes no such specification |
RFC2782-Priority-1 A client MUST attempt to contact the target host with the lowest-numbered priority it can reach (§Priority) |
no test | no test carries this requirement id; annotated {not-applicable}: ze implements no SRV-cognizant connecting client; geodns is authoritative and serves SRV verbatim without selection (internal/plugins/geodns/server.go:111), and internal/component/resolve/dns returns target:port strings without contacting or ordering by priority (resolver.go:321) -- no production code resolves TypeSRV |
RFC2782-Target-1 There MUST be one or more address records for this name (§Target) |
no test | no test carries this requirement id; annotated {not-applicable}: an SRV Target is an arbitrary FQDN that commonly lives outside any zone geodns is authoritative for, so geodns cannot require in-zone address records for it (internal/plugins/geodns/config.go:319); the address-record obligation belongs to the target's own authoritative zone |
RFC2782-Target-2 There MUST be one or more address records for this name, the name MUST NOT be an alias (in the sense of RFC 1034 or RFC 2181). (§Target) |
no test | no test carries this requirement id; annotated {not-applicable}: geodns serves no CNAME record type (internal/plugins/geodns/record.go:10-14), so a geodns SRV Target can never resolve to a geodns-served alias; whether an external target name is a CNAME is outside geodns's authority |
RFC2782-Notes-2 A client MUST parse all of the RR's in the reply. (§Notes) |
no test | no test carries this requirement id; annotated {not-applicable}: this parse-all-RRs MUST governs the SRV-cognizant client that locates and connects to servers; ze has no such client. internal/component/resolve/dns iterates every answer RR (resolver.go:299) but is a generic stub resolver surfacing data, not a connecting SRV client, and no production code drives it with TypeSRV |
RFC2782-Notes-3 If the Additional Data section doesn't contain address records for all the SRV RR's and the client may want to connect to the target host(s) involved, the client MUST look up the address record(s). (§Notes) |
no test | no test carries this requirement id; annotated {not-applicable}: Additional-section address follow-up before connecting is a connecting-SRV-client obligation ze does not implement; internal/component/resolve/dns never reads the Additional section and never connects (resolver.go:299), and geodns as a server emits no target address glue for SRV answers (server.go:182-188) |
Proof state
A tagged unit reads unproven where no discrimination record exists for it: nothing in this tree has been observed to break it, so the claim its tag makes is unproven.
RFC2782-Applicability-1
Such specification MUST define the symbolic name to be used in the Service field of the SRV record as described below. (§Applicability)
Audit verdict: not audited: no reader has judged these tests
No test carries RFC2782-Applicability-1, so no unit is bound to it.
RFC2782-Applicability-2
Such specification MUST define the symbolic name to be used in the Service field of the SRV record as described below. It also MUST include security considerations. (§Applicability)
Audit verdict: not audited: no reader has judged these tests
No test carries RFC2782-Applicability-2, so no unit is bound to it.
RFC2782-Priority-1
A client MUST attempt to contact the target host with the lowest-numbered priority it can reach (§Priority)
Audit verdict: not audited: no reader has judged these tests
No test carries RFC2782-Priority-1, so no unit is bound to it.
RFC2782-Target-1
There MUST be one or more address records for this name (§Target)
Audit verdict: not audited: no reader has judged these tests
No test carries RFC2782-Target-1, so no unit is bound to it.
RFC2782-Target-2
There MUST be one or more address records for this name, the name MUST NOT be an alias (in the sense of RFC 1034 or RFC 2181). (§Target)
Audit verdict: not audited: no reader has judged these tests
No test carries RFC2782-Target-2, so no unit is bound to it.
RFC2782-Notes-2
A client MUST parse all of the RR's in the reply. (§Notes)
Audit verdict: not audited: no reader has judged these tests
No test carries RFC2782-Notes-2, so no unit is bound to it.
RFC2782-Notes-3
If the Additional Data section doesn't contain address records for all the SRV RR's and the client may want to connect to the target host(s) involved, the client MUST look up the address record(s). (§Notes)
Audit verdict: not audited: no reader has judged these tests
No test carries RFC2782-Notes-3, so no unit is bound to it.
Extraction sign-off
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reviewer | claude |
| Signed off | 2026-09-21 |
| Register | prose |
| Source | rfc/full/rfc2782.txt |
| Source fingerprint | 4fd63a129dc9b1d6 |
| Record | rfc/extraction/rfc2782.json |
| Mapped sentences | 6 |
| Declined as scope | 6 |
| Relocated to a spec, which Ze OWES | 0 |
| Unclassified | 0 |
Sections
| Section | Name | Sites | Disposition | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
front |
not stated | 12 | walked | not stated |
Excluded sentences
| Site | Excluded kind | Reason | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|
front:1 |
not-a-requirementnever bound Ze the sentence states a fact or describes another document, and directs no implementation |
Introduction prose describing the state of the art before SRV; the lowercase 'must' states what a client is forced to do today, and RFC 2782's Definitions names only the capitalised spellings as BCP 14 keywords. | Currently, one must either know the exact address of a server to contact it, or broadcast a question. |
front:6 |
not-a-requirementnever bound Ze the sentence states a fact or describes another document, and directs no implementation |
The sentence says the Additional Data behaviour is urged 'but not required', so it states no obligation on a server or a client. | Implementors are urged, but not required, to return the address record(s) in the Additional Data section. |
front:7 |
not-a-requirementnever bound Ze the sentence states a fact or describes another document, and directs no implementation |
Lowercase 'must' in the Fallback deployment notes, a bullet list of advice to domain administrators alongside 'it probably shouldn't be listed' and 'domain administrators are strongly advised'; RFC 2782's Definitions binds only the capitalised spellings to BCP 14. | - Hosts that are referenced by backup address records must use the port number specified in Assigned Numbers for the service. |
front:8 |
cross-documentnever bound Ze the obligation belongs to another document that this one only cites |
The truncated-response rules the sentence invokes are RFC 2181's, which the sentence cites; the obligation lives in that document. | - If a truncated response comes back from an SRV query, the rules described in [RFC 2181] shall apply. |
front:11 |
not-a-requirementnever bound Ze the sentence states a fact or describes another document, and directs no implementation |
IANA Considerations statement that no further IANA action is needed; it records an absence rather than an obligation. | No other IANA services are required by this document. |
front:12 |
not-a-requirementnever bound Ze the sentence states a fact or describes another document, and directs no implementation |
Full Copyright Statement boilerplate governing reproduction of the document itself, not protocol behaviour. | However, this document itself may not be modified in any way, such as by removing the copyright notice or references to the Internet Society or other Internet organizations, except as needed for the purpose of developing Internet standards in which case the procedures for copyrights defined in the Internet Standards process must be followed, or as required to translate it into languages other than English. |
Superseded
No document obsoletes RFC 2782, so its obligations are stated where they were written.