On May 28, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Evan Hunt <[email protected]> wrote:
> But another way of saying that is: "software exists that kluges around
> this lacuna in the DNS feature set", which doesn't mean it isn't a
> lacuna.

Sure, but you could also say that IP leaves out the feature of supporting 
streaming, and that TCP kludges around this lacuna.

What you are proposing is essentially a management function, not a naming 
function. Using the DNS to provide that function can work, and may even make 
sense in some cases, but I don't think it's the right thing to do from an 
architectural standpoint.

If in fact, as you say (and I tend to agree) IPAM solutions don't do this well, 
then the right thing to do from a standards perspective is to generalize the 
problem and come up with a way of addressing it using existing tools--e.g., a 
netconf/yang schema.   It is not to complexify the protocol you are trying to 
manage by stuffing all the management goop into it in a way that is not 
standard and won't interoperate with existing management tools.

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