Rob, Thanks. I will give it some thought and respond tomorrow. I will not have email for most of today.
Bob At 09:12 PM 4/22/2002, Rob Austein wrote: >At Mon, 22 Apr 2002 13:57:02 -0700, Bob Hinden wrote: > > > > Could you comment on the definition I used for server-less? There > > was more than just the use of the word. > >I think that Ralph already addressed the main point, I doubt that I >can improve much on his comments, and I implore you to read what he >wrote very carefully. > >However, since you did ask a direct question, I'll try to answer it. > > > For this requirement, Server-less is defined to mean the DNS > > information is learned with out any dependence on resources other > > than are needed (i.e., links, interfaces, routers, and DNS server) > > to communicate with the DNS server. > >Comments: > > The term "DNS server" is not well defined at the level of detail > that this problem statement requires. Is an entity that implements > both the DNS server role and portions of the DHCP server role a "DNS > server" within the meaning of this definition? > > The term "router" is not well defined at the level of detail that > this problem statement requires. Eg, would DHCP relay agents > co-resident with routers be parts of the routers within the meaning > of this definition? > >In all seriousness: I can't tell you whether I agree with your >statement of the problem until I know what what the words mean. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
