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defect / fault / failuredefect / fault / failurePosted Jul 11, 2008 16:45 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)In reply to: defect / fault / failure by zooko Parent article: Dan Kaminsky Discovers Fundamental Issue In DNS: Massive Multivendor Patch Released (Securosis.com)
People like to use the term "bug" for its connotation even when its denotation doesn't apply. "Bug" connotes something bad; something that should embarass someone; something that should be fixed. But its traditional denotation is a programming defect, as distinct from a higher level design defect. Nobody's saying what this DNS issue is, so I don't know if it's a bug or not, but it sounds to me like the code is all functioning as its designers meant it to, and just not meeting the requirements of today's deployments. I would not use the word "bug" myself. Also, I'm not sure from what I've read that it's universally regarded as a defect. Are there people defending the existing function? If so, it's more objective to call it an issue than a defect. An issue is not a euphemism for bug, default, fault, etc. An issue is something people are thinking about.
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