DNS update is pretty simple. Any problem with using that? I think you may be slightly conclusing "authoritative" and "primary." There is no need to elect authoritative servers--just make them secondary to the elected primary. You can't have two primaries with stock DNS--that's probably the biggest fly in the ointment.
The reason to have a hybrid proxy is because we have to support existing devices. Clearly it's not the right long-term solution, but we can't force vendors to implement something new if they don't want to. On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Ray Hunter (v6ops) <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ted Lemon <[email protected]> > 11 May 2016 18:37 > >> > I don't like the hybrid proxy model either. It promises the union of >> > the problems and intersection of the functionality. Proxying flies in >> > the face of the trend of smart devices and dumb networks. >> >> Very well put. >> > > Be that as it may, Homenet in general flies in the face of that trend. > And if you think about it, that trend isn't really a very smart trend, > because the burden it places on devices is extreme, and not all devices > have infinite resources to spend mapping the network and figuring out how > to publish their services on it. > > But if we were to build a smart network from scratch, I also wouldn't > start with proxies, nor maintain a distributed database in the hosts. > > I'd start with letting the routers build a naming infra, together with > defining a (simple) name registration protocol between host and on-link > router(s) (together with conflict resolution to communicate "sorry, that > names already taken") > > And the starting point would then probably be HNCP + DNS to elect a max of > 'n' authoritative name servers per homenet, where 'n' NS and AAAA records > can fit it a single UDP packet. > > So whether you prefer a "smart host" or "smart network" model, hybrid > proxies seem a poor compromise. > > -- > regards, > RayH > > <https://www.postbox-inc.com/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=siglink&utm_campaign=reach> >
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