On Nov 16, 2011, at 9:11 PM, Olafur Gudmundsson wrote:

> 
> I sorry for the late comment but it has taken me a while to be able to put my 
> finger on what I feel is wrong with the document (and the discussion in the 
> working group)
> 
> If a node has multiple interfaces and the interfaces have different 
> resolution contexts then the basic question is
> "How can the services on the node tell what resolution context an application 
> wants to use ?"
> 
> Right now the "server-selection" document
> The fundamental problem we have is that OS's have a built in assumptions that
> a) there is only one resolution context i.e. only single /etc/resolv.conf

It's not just that.  A fundamental design choice of DNS is that there is only 
one resolution context.  Yes, it's not unusual for that design choice to be 
violated.  But that still doesn't make it right for MIF to violate it.

Keith


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