On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 03:53:21PM -0400, Michael Richardson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > >>>>> "Jeroen" == Jeroen Massar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jeroen> What is the exact problem, as I am missing a large detail of > Jeroen> it :) The above skips the DHCP server. > > Random clients do not have a trust relationship with the owner of the > reverse zone. > (consider laptops that show up at an IETF)
The fascination with reverse lookups baffles me. > In IPv4 with DHCP, we solve this by giving the DHCP *server* a trust > relationship with the owner of the reverse zone. (And DHCPv4 can be > secured, and can even be secured for random clients) > > In IPv6, if we used DHCPv6 (not very popular yet), we can replicate > the model. If we are using RS/RA, then we have to find a way for the RS > to have a trust relationship with the owner of the reverse zone. That > part is easy --- the question is how does the RS even know about the new > clients? Or not. If all of that is important, IMHO, DHCP is the way to go. Nothing worse that what we've always had. I'm thinking about attaching a printer and making it available as nice-laser-printer.mynet.org or just nice-laser-printer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
