% On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Bill Manning wrote:
% > As a co-author of a couple of previous DNS discovery IDs, I would
% > have to agree that as postulated, the current DNS discovery work
% > has pretty much been OBE. (overtaken by events)
% > There have been two distinct BOFs on this idea in the last five years
% > so I don't think another BOF will be very productive.
%
% I assume those BOFs were for IPv4?
No, they were for DNS discovery. Protocol agnostic.
% As I see it, DNS discovery can either be:
%
% 1) "all that you need"
% 2) "the first step"
Both points were covered each time. And each time, the result
was that DNS discovery should be limited to point #1.
Point #2 is covered under the DHCP work and should not
be replicated.
--bill
Opinions expressed may not even be mine by the time you read them, and
certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or otherwise).
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