Hi,
Having been involved in the first implementation of these features, I am no
fan of A6, DNAME, or bitstring labels. However, I agree with Jim -- it is
premature for 2026 to be moved to historic. The functionality these
features can provide would be useful and could be made to work reliably if
suitably constrained, even if it doesn't quite fit into Bernstein's DNS
implementation. More operational experience is required before we have
sufficient information to decide if the pain of A6, DNAME, and bitstring
labels outweigh their benefits.
Rgds,
-drc
At 09:21 AM 3/14/2001 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>this is premature because consensus is still split. but I do think it needs
>to be on someones agenda to discuss to see what happens when we are all face
>to face and in person. I think this issue will also spill over to a
>potential interim meeting.
>
>/jim
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ext D. J. Bernstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday,March 14,2001 3:10 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: The case against A6 and DNAME
> >
> >
> > I propose retiring A6, DNAME, and ip6.arpa. The procedure for this is
> > specified in RFC 2026, section 6.4: we ask the IESG to change
> > the status
> > of the specifications to Historic. Clients and servers will go on
> > happily using AAAA and ip6.int.
> >
> > See http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/killa6.html if you missed the discussion of
> > why A6 and DNAME are a bad idea.
> >
> > ---Dan
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