On Mon, 29 Nov 2010, Andrew Sullivan wrote: > > Now, we have considerable discussion in the first part of that passage > that explains why the restrictions that are being introduced are so > introduced, despite the fact that the protocol itself happens not to > have such restrictions. So, are those rules "merely" allocation > policy, or not?
The host name rules are not allocation policy. They are encoded in a number of protocols, such as SMTP, URI syntax, etc. etc. The host name rules are a protocol layer above the raw DNS and shared by most application protocols. Note there are protocols that put non-hostname labels in the DNS, such as SRV and DKIM. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ HUMBER THAMES DOVER WIGHT PORTLAND: NORTH BACKING WEST OR NORTHWEST, 5 TO 7, DECREASING 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 LATER IN HUMBER AND THAMES. MODERATE OR ROUGH. RAIN THEN FAIR. GOOD. _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
