My point was operational use not theoretical. /jim
> -----Original Message----- > From: Margaret Wasserman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 10:48 AM > To: Bound, Jim > Cc: Brian E Carpenter; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: 5.2 DNS [Re: Nodes Requirements Input] > > > > The IPv6 Node Requirements is intended to document the > minimal requirements for an IPv6 node, and a DNS resolver is > not one of those requirements. You can have a > perfectly-compliant IPv6 node that doesn't include any DNS support. > > If we start down the road of saying: > > "A node MUST include a DNS resolver if it needs to resolve DNS names." > > wouldn't this lead to: > > "A node MUST include SIP if it wants to use the Session > Initiation Protocol", etc.? > > Margaret > > > At 06:45 PM 3/18/2003 -0500, Bound, Jim wrote: > >Agreed. But how can a node find an address without MUST DNS. The > >point is that a requirement to use is based on the > situation. My point > >last night. > > > >/jim > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Brian E Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 4:45 PM > > > To: Bound, Jim > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: 5.2 DNS [Re: Nodes Requirements Input] > > > > > > > > > "Bound, Jim" wrote: > > > ... > > > > > > > > > > 5.2 DNS > > > > > > > > > > DNS, as described in [RFC-1034], [RFC-1035], > > > [RFC-1886], [RFC-3152] > > > > > and [RFC-3363] MAY be supported. Not all nodes > will need to > > > > > resolve > > > > > addresses. Note that RFC 1886 is currently being updated > > > > > [RFC-1886- > > > > > BIS]. > > > > > > > > DNS "use" is a MUST for correct node operation. MAY is absurd. > > > > > > Why would a thermostat need to resolve names? > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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] > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
