Moin! On 30 Jan 2024, at 1:00, Wes Hardaker wrote:
> Edward Lewis <edward.le...@icann.org> writes: >> But the DELEG resource record enables redesigning (portions or all of) >> the DNS. I think the point is that DELEG allows the DNS namespace to >> continue to be published while there are transitions in the DNS >> publication protocol (motivated by improving the state of operations). > > Put another way: yes, DELEG records are extensible. Just like the DNS > is with new RRTYPEs. But we've proven already (and DELEG is an example) > that trying to assume adding a new RRTYPE or DELEG flag may require > fundamental changes in processing regardless of how that new flag is > encoded. Extensibility != easy deployability. It *can* but it > shouldn't be assumed that all future simple on the wire changes of any > type won't require major code overhauls to handle it. I agree that future extensions will require code changes, but having a record type that is extensible from the start might make it easier to deploy new parameters then it is to do a full RRTYPE, at least that is the hope. So long -Ralf --- Ralf Weber _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
