Thank you all for the responses. This has been very interesting. Paul actually hinted this was the probable direction, and I think we can say categorically the dictionary doesn't need updating because there isn't a sense this concept needs defining in this context within this WG.
Many thanks -George (not Kuo. Btw, there are five georges at APNIC. hash collisions happen all the time) On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 2:02 PM Davey Song <songlinj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > IMHO, public DNS is not a technical jargon which needs a DNS terminology RFC > to record (it collects all DNS definition and terms from other DNS RFC). > > The term "Public DNS" or "Public DNS service" belongs to the scope of how > people provide and operate DNS services to their best interests. There are > many similar terms, such as Cloud DNS, Dynamic DNS, DNS firewall, and many > DNS-attacking terms. BTW, I'm happy to see there is a document to define all > DNS attacks and mitigation suggestions. > > Best regards， > Davey > > On Fri, 22 May 2020 at 08:56, George Michaelson <g...@algebras.org> wrote: >> >> My Colleague George Kuo asked me for definitions of public DNS >> service. not "public DNS" but the trigram "public DNS service" >> >> Colloquially we understand this reasonably well. It is in the space of >> what Google, quad9, CloudFlare and others do. The various clean DNS >> feeds people subscribe to, it is the functional role of a recursive, >> but to the public, yet somehow not the bad one of an open DNS resolver >> being abused to do DDoS: its the conscious service offering of a >> recursive/cache/forwarder in the public view, a declared intent. >> >> A Google search lists (some of) them by name and IP. >> >> I asked "Dr Johnson" (Paul Hoffman) why it was not in his dictionary, >> and he said he is but the humble scribe, and words appear in the >> dictionary when he is directed. >> >> What does the WG feel? The definitions of the "elements" of a public >> DNS service are of course defined. But not (I feel) the "collected >> whole" which most definitely exists, out there. >> >> (if anyone feels this is adequately defined, please correct me and share a >> URL) >> >> -George >> >> _______________________________________________ >> DNSOP mailing list >> DNSOP@ietf.org >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
