Is there any way this discussion could be moved to homenet, which is where the 
use case originates and the WG last call is taking place?

- Ralph

> On Dec 14, 2016, at 12:21 PM, Steve Crocker <st...@shinkuro.com> wrote:
> 
> If it doesn’t have a globally unique meaning, it doesn’t make sense to query 
> the root for an answer.
> 
> What problem is trying to be solved?  I suspect whatever the problem actually 
> is, the answer will be something other than adding an unsecured delegation to 
> the root zone.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Dec 14, 2016, at 12:07 PM, Ted Lemon <mel...@fugue.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I hope it was obvious that I was pretty confident that you actually had a 
>> reason.   :)
>> 
>> The issue what what you are saying is that sometimes it is technically 
>> correct for a name to not be validatable.   The reason we want an unsecured 
>> delegation for .homenet is that .homenet can't be validated using the root 
>> trust anchor, because the name is has no globally unique meaning.   So the 
>> reason that you've given doesn't apply to this case, although I completely 
>> agree with your reason as it applies to the case of names that are globally 
>> unique.
>> 
>> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Steve Crocker <st...@shinkuro.com> wrote:
>> The latter.  All DNS answers at all levels should be signed to assure the 
>> querier of the integrity of the answer.  This has been the goal and best 
>> practice for a very long time.  For example, it was the explicit objective 
>> of the quote substantial DNSSEC effort funded by the US Dept of Homeland 
>> Security starting in 2004.
>> 
>> Within ICANN, in 2009 we made it a formal requirement of all new gTLDs must 
>> be signed.  The ccTLDs are not subject to ICANN rules but they have been 
>> gradually moving toward signed status.  Most of the major ccTLDs are signed 
>> and many of the others are too.  Detailed maps are created every week by 
>> ISOC.
>> 
>> I will also try to contribute to the homenet mailing list.
>> 
>> Steve
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Dec 14, 2016, at 11:36 AM, Ted Lemon <mel...@fugue.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Is this a matter of religious conviction, or is there some issue with 
>>> unsecured delegations in the root that you are assuming is so obvious that 
>>> you don't need to tell us about it?   :)
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Steve Crocker <st...@shinkuro.com> wrote:
>>> I am strongly opposed to unsecured delegations in the root zone.  No matter 
>>> what the problem is, an unsecured delegation is not the answer.
>>> 
>>> Steve
>>> 
>>>> On Dec 14, 2016, at 11:11 AM, Suzanne Woolf <suzworldw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> DNSOP participants who are interested in the special use names problem 
>>>> might want to review draft-ietf-homenet-redact 
>>>> (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-homenet-redact/) and 
>>>> draft-ietf-homenet-dot 
>>>> (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-homenet-dot/) for the WGLC on 
>>>> them in the HOMENET wg.
>>>> 
>>>> WGLC comments should go to the WG list, home...@ietf.org.
>>>> 
>>>> If you do, it will also be helpful to look at RFC 7788, which specifies 
>>>> the Home Networking Control Protocol for homenets. 
>>>> 
>>>> The redact draft is intended to remove the inadvertent reservation of 
>>>> “.home” as the default namespace for homenets in RFC 7788. 
>>>> 
>>>> The homenet-dot draft is intended to provide a request under RFC 6761 for 
>>>> “.homenet” as a special use name to serve as a default namespace for 
>>>> homenets. It also asks IANA for an unsecured delegation in the root zone 
>>>> to avoid DNSSEC validation failures for local names under “.homenet”. The 
>>>> root zone request to IANA has caused some discussion within the WG, as 
>>>> there’s no precedent for such a request.
>>>> 
>>>> Terry Manderson mentioned the homenet-dot draft briefly at the mic in 
>>>> Seoul. 
>>>> 
>>>> The WGLC ends this week.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Suzanne
>>>> 
>>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>> 
>>>>> From: Ray Bellis <r...@bellis.me.uk>
>>>>> Subject: [homenet] WGLC on "redact" and "homenet-dot"
>>>>> Date: November 17, 2016 at 11:27:08 PM EST
>>>>> To: HOMENET <home...@ietf.org>
>>>>> 
>>>>> This email commences a four week WGLC comment period on
>>>>> draft-ietf-homenet-redact and draft-ietf-homenet-dot
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please send any comments to the WG list as soon as possible.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Whilst there was a very strong hum in favour of ".homenet" vs anything
>>>>> else during the meeting, and there's some discussion of that ongoing
>>>>> here on the list - I'd like us to please keep the discussion of the
>>>>> choice of domain separate from other substantive comment about the
>>>>> drafts' contents.
>>>>> 
>>>>> thanks,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ray
>>>>> 
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