Sure. It’s not the thoughtful, well-behaved implementations that we worry 
about. It’s the ones that aren’t. This is a protection mechanism. (Belt AND 
suspenders..)

Thanks,
Tom


> On Aug 24, 2018, at 1:36 PM, Ted Lemon <mel...@fugue.com> wrote:
> 
> The DHCP case isn't actually a problem today.   DHCP servers automatically 
> remove these records.   The ISC server has been doing this for 20 years, and 
> I'm pretty sure all the other servers that compete with it do too.
> 
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 12:50 PM, Tom Pusateri <pusat...@bangj.com 
> <mailto:pusat...@bangj.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Aug 24, 2018, at 9:54 AM, Ted Lemon <mel...@fugue.com 
>> <mailto:mel...@fugue.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> On Aug 24, 2018, at 9:52 AM, Tom Pusateri <pusat...@bangj.com 
>> <mailto:pusat...@bangj.com>> wrote:
>>> Yes, it was intended to be more general than for service registration. It’s 
>>> directly applicable to name registration for IP addresses. I can add a 
>>> section on other uses if more motivation is desired. Mark Andrews had some 
>>> uses as well that hopefully, he can share. If others have uses in mind that 
>>> this solves I would love to hear about them.
>> 
>> The reason I'm asking is not that I don't think there are theoretical use 
>> cases for what you are proposing.   I'm asking if there are actual use 
>> cases.   How would this be used in practice?   What can't someone do right 
>> now that they need to do and that this new technology enables?
> 
> Specifically, there are two applications mentioned in the draft.
> 
> 1. When a DNS server receives a dynamic DNS Update from a client registering 
> its name after having received an IP address from an DHCP lease, the length 
> of the DHCP lease can be tied to the length that the DNS address/PTR records 
> stay in the authoritative server.
> 
> 2. When an RFC 6763 DNS-SD service is registered (including PTR, SRV, & TXT 
> records), these records can timeout according to the lease lifetime contained 
> in the update lease EDNS(0) option.
> 
> These are not theoretical. They solve practical problems that exist today. I 
> think there are others associated with existing problems for sleeping devices 
> and IoT devices that I need to research to more clearly answer your specific 
> question but I think these two already fulfill that requirement.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
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