Hi Ray, > On Nov 5, 2018, at 22:38, Ray Bellis <[email protected]> wrote: > > There *is* a big failing of SRV that's independent of the CNAME apex use > case, and that is its lack of support for wildcards. Since my proposal > doesn't use underscore prefix labels, wildcards will work, and this is an > important requirement for some large website operators.
I realise it's 4am and I shouldn't even be awake, ever mind replying to dnsop mail, but it's not clear to me what the use-case is, here. Specifically, I s the wildcard owner name a real problem in the grand scheme of things? I understand that wildcards are used by some people for names that feature in HTTP URIs, but I'm struggling to imagine using a wildcard at a zone cut; if a wildcard label doesn't correspond to a zone apex, why is it a problem that needs fixing? Didn't Ed already clarify the use of CNAME with wildcards in RFC 4592 twelve years ago? > The cost to the DNS community of *trying* my proposed HTTP record is pretty > negligible. To be clear, the rules are clear and you should feel as empowered as anybody to apply for an early assignment of an RRTYPE and start writing code. If I sounded like I was arguing against that I definitely apologise! However I think that a more coordinated approach that involves people from both web and DNS communities to understand the problem space is more sensible, though, and more likely to be productive for this working group. It's not clear to me that either community has a great track record just guessing at what the other one wants. Joe _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
