On Mar 20, 2017, at 11:43 AM, Russ Housley <hous...@vigilsec.com> wrote: > I have a big problem with Section 6 of draft-ietf-homenet-dot-03. If the > domain name is to be published in the root zone, then I do not think that the > special-use TLD registration is appropriate. That said, if the requirement > for publication in the root zone is removed, I do not have a problem with > proceeding with a special-use TLD registration.
You seem to have missed out on the discussion that we had on this, Russ. The problem is that we don't have a choice. Either it is a special-use name, which means literally that, or it is not. It can't not be a special-use name, because its use is special—that is, different than other names. At the same time, it is a name that is resolved using the DNS protocol. Its special use requires this. I think we go into that in the document, but to recap, if there is no un-signed delegation, validating resolvers will find any subdomain of the name invalid, and so the special use won't work. We could of course require resolvers to special-case this particular domain, but I think you can see that that sort of solution doesn't scale, so I presume you are not suggesting we do this. So, with that in mind, can you articulate _why_ you think that the publication in the root zone and the special use registration are together, as you put it, "inappropriate"?
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