On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 09:58:02PM +0000, Paul Vixie wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:36:17 +0000
> > From: bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com
> >
> > we tried this a couple time last decade with limited success. (pre
> > SRV). it would work, if and only if there were general agreement by
> > the zone admins to actually keep up w/ the data.
>
> while i expect that it would be a gateway rather than a data transform,
> and while i agree that if it's a data transform then it should be done
> often enough to not get out of date, i note that i'm asking a different
> question than "would it work".
>
> i'm wondering if there's enough interest to have it be worth writing it
> up as a dns schema so that interested producers and consumers of this
> information in this form can have a standard rendezvous (qname format)
> and delivery system (TXT formats). that's not "would it work". it's
> "could it ever be useful to anybody".
well, at least two schemas have been proposed and there was
limited uptake either time. perhaps times have changed.
> i am not trying to get input on technical feasibility since i think that's
> pretty obvious. nor am i trying to get input on governance like should
> registries be required by icann to implement it or should icann implement
> it for root, arpa, and other non-delegated zones. just "is there interest".
well, one thing that kind of makes sense is where to anchor such
records... two choices - a WKA such as in-addr.arpa, ip6.int, enum.arpa
et.al. or place the entries at each delegation point and sweep the
tree periodically to build a stale cache of data...
--bill
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