On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 12:59 AM Peter Thomassen <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Erik,
>
> Thanks for your review!
>
> On 5/5/24 00:18, Erik Kline via Datatracker wrote:
> > ## Comments
> >
> > ### S7
> >
> > * Should there be some kind of registration or reservation for the
> "_dsboot"
> >    meaning and usage described in this document?
> The authors were wondering as well.
>
> We figured that unlike in case of the existing underscore registry, the
> issue seems less pressing:
>
> The _dsboot etc. labels are under the "main" underscore label right in
> front of the nameserver name. As a result, the signaling type label (like
> _dsboot) is somewhat "shielded", in the sense that they are only used under
> the signaling mechanism, i.e., by DNS operators announcing stuff about
> their managed zones. Given the limited target group for the signaling
> mechanism overall, collisions seem less likely than with underscore labels
> in general.
>
> The authors are also not sure under which conditions such registries
> should or should not be erected. In short, we don't really have an answer
> to your question, except that less may be more, but it's not clear.
>
> That said, the authors think "why not", and if you wish, we can add a
> section to address this. I imagine this would be something like RFC 8552
> Section 4.1 [1]. This would add ~2 pages to the draft, unless there's a
> shorter way to do it.
>
> [1]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8552#section-4.1
>
> Thanks,
> Peter and Nils
>

Thanks for your reply.  I have no particular intuition telling me what's
best here.  I'm happy to wait and see what other reviews think.
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