>>>>> "Ray" == Ray Bellis <[email protected]> writes:
>> * Relative name resolution: some naming convention that allows
>> name resolution while mitigating the need to know an absolute
>> location in the global DNS namespace
Ray> Hmm, I'm uneasy about this one.
Ray> I've been vocal in my complaints about how broken the DNS
Ray> Search Path mechanism is. In particular, I'm concerned about
Ray> the possible security implications of using a relative location
Ray> when a mobile device is moving between networks.
I agree with your concern, but sufficient != necessary.
I do not believe that anyone *OUGHT* to pay attention to DNS search
order as provided by DHCP.
That doesn't mean that it shouldn't be available!!!!
(Most systems I've seen get this wrong. If you select DHCP, your search
path is forced to DHCP, you have to select static to pick it)
Ray> Yes.
Ray> A related issue, also touched on above, is the local namespace.
Ray> That is, should there be a single namespace used in the
Ray> Homenet, regardless of whether the query mechanism is unicast
Ray> DNS, mDNS, or xmDNS (per Kerry Lynn's draft), or even something
Ray> that isn't DNS at all?
I want one.
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