On 05/11/2018 18:55, Joe Abley wrote:
2. Find a client-side solution to this, and try really hard not to invent something new that is really just SRV with a hat and a false moustache.
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.
The cost to the DNS community of *trying* my proposed HTTP record is pretty negligible. Worst case, as Brian put it, is we burn a code point, add a trivial amount of code to DNS servers, but the browsers don't adopt it. It wouldn't be the first time, it won't be the last.
However, it only takes one of the big browser vendors to decide they'll support it and I think the rest will shortly thereafter follow suit.
NB: this proposal currently satisfies the criteria for assignment via expert review per RFC 6895. Ray _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
