On Feb 27, 2013, at 2:51 AM, Ole Troan <[email protected]> wrote: > let us assume that we don't want anyone to remember these names. the UI will > present a list > of available services, given where you are.
Why would we assume that? Devices have names. My phone has a name, my laptop has a name. How else would I know which device I was talking to? I don't want my phone to just be "iPhone" in the discovery list. And if it has a name, I want it to have the same name everywhere. Adding an extra layer of indirection doesn't make that problem any easier. This is a really important problem, and what you are proposing is moving in exactly the wrong direction: a multiply-indirected naming hierarchy that will almost certainly display artifacts that will confuse the heck out of users, because at the bottom of the hierarchy names aren't consistent. We've seen examples of this in the past--I'm sure that Stuart and Dave can tell you war stories. Keeping names consistent across subnets is possible. It can definitely be done with DHCP, and there are RFCs documenting how it's done. If it can be done with DHCP, it can be done with whatever protocol we settle on, whether it's DHCP, mDNS, DNS+CGA+TSIG, or some other thing. _______________________________________________ homenet mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet
