On 16 Nov 2023, at 15:34, Andrew Newton <a...@hxr.us> wrote: > Consider a network operator > writing a shell script using curl and jq to find the most specific > covering networking of an IP. Using the bootstrap files requires > downloading the appropriate file (there are different ones for v4 and > v6), sorting the service hosts by "http" scheme, and using an advanced > dsa such as a trie or modified bst. Plus to be a good netizen, they > need to deal with the cache-control of the bootstrap file. Or they can > point curl at a redirect service and not worry about all that. That > is, the bootstrap process is doable but it is certainly non-trivial. > > For constrained environments a local bootstrap service is beneficial > as it cuts down on the bandwidth/latency of every client grabbing the > bootstrap files.
To add some data to Andy’s anecdote, the rdap.org service, which I run, currently handles around 10 million requests per day. Every request which is for a resource for which an RDAP URL can be constructed results in a redirect, so it’s clearly something that many implementers (such as those using curl + jq) rely on. G. _______________________________________________ regext mailing list regext@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/regext
