It seems that policy should be scenario / use case / mission dependent,
and consequently apply to a number of applications. (And thus be
application independent). 


Bonnie L. Gorsic
Technical Fellow
SoS Architecture & Engineering
714-762-4906 (desk)


-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 8:35 PM
To: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino
Cc: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: AI_SECURE_CANONNAME, AI_CANONNAME_SEARCH_* (Re:
getaddrinfo()and searching)

Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote:
>> What a timely thread.
>>
>> I've recently concluded that we need an extension to getaddrinfo() 
>> along these lines, but I'm looking for somewhat tighter and more 
>> generic semantics.
>>
>> My proposal is to add an AI_SECURE_CANONNAME flag with the following
>> semantics:
>>     
>
>       do not try to implement policy into applications.  you will end
up
>       forced to (?) rewrite every existing applications.
>   
perhaps, but having the policy be application-independent doesn't make
sense either.


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