About the name spefification used in forward-zone section of unbound.conf file

Hi all,

See the following minimal example of forward-zone section used in unbound.conf file:

forward-zone:
name: “example.com
forward-addr: 192.0.2.68

In the above example, should I append the dot, i.e., . to the name or not? I’ve noticed some people use

name: “example.com.”

while some people use

name: “example.com

Which one is more reasonable?

Regards