Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-14 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 04:40:07PM -0400, Ted Lemon ted.le...@nominum.com wrote a message of 13 lines which said: Master and disciple? ;) I asked on Twitter and got: jedi/padawan master/dog ___ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-14 Thread Ted Lemon
On Apr 14, 2015, at 9:41 AM, Stephane Bortzmeyer bortzme...@nic.fr wrote: jedi/padawan master/dog These are certainly fun, but probably don't translate as well... :) ___ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-04 Thread Scott Morizot
On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 12:28 AM, Ralf Weber d...@fl1ger.de wrote: Yes. I used the term hidden primary in the past, and technically there would be no reason for a setup hidden primary - primary - secondaries, as you have two single point of failure (SPOF) there. I wouldn't deploy that. For me

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-03 Thread Matthijs Mekking
Paul, On 04/02/2015 04:13 PM, Paul Hoffman wrote: On Apr 2, 2015, at 12:32 AM, Matthijs Mekking matth...@pletterpet.nl wrote: Actually I think $DEFAULT_TTL should be in Zones too as it only exists in zone files. Sorry I meant $TTL here from RFC 2308. My point is that it is something that can

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-03 Thread Edward Lewis
On 4/2/15, 22:38, Paul Vixie p...@redbarn.org wrote: Tony Finch wrote: Re. primary, it is worth noting the definition of the SOA MNAME field in RFC 1035: MNAME The domain-name of the name server that was the original or primary source of data for this zone. I'm

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-03 Thread Casey Deccio
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Patrik Fältström p...@frobbit.se wrote: On 2 apr 2015, at 21:51, Paul Hoffman paul.hoff...@vpnc.org wrote: Given this thread, I propose the following for the draft: Well, I would change things around so that it is more clear primary and secondary are the

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-03 Thread Ralf Weber
Moin! On 02 Apr 2015, at 22:35, Ted Lemon ted.le...@nominum.com wrote: On Apr 2, 2015, at 3:22 PM, Rose, Scott W. scott.r...@nist.gov wrote: FWIW, when we were writing NIST SP 800-81 (the DNSSEC guide), we were told in the comments (can't remember the commenter) that primary/secondary

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-02 Thread Matthijs Mekking
Paul, On 04/01/2015 08:46 PM, Paul Hoffman wrote: On Apr 1, 2015, at 1:02 AM, Matthijs Mekking matth...@pletterpet.nl wrote: In section 3 (DNS Message Format) the last three paragraphs discusses default TTL, Glue records and Referrals. I wonder if that belongs in the section about DNS Message

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-02 Thread Paul Hoffman
Given this thread, I propose the following for the draft: Primary servers and secondary servers --- These are synonyms for master server and slave server, which were the terms used in the early DNS RFCs, and defined below. The current common usage has shifted to primary and secondary. Slave

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-02 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 04:26:41PM -0400, Bob Harold wrote: I always thought of primary and secondary as the old terms used in the BIND 4 manual, with master and slave as the new terms in the BIND 8 or 9 manuals. I think the thing is you can have multiple masters, but for years people referred

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-02 Thread Edward Lewis
On 4/2/15, 17:27, Andrew Sullivan a...@anvilwalrusden.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 04:26:41PM -0400, Bob Harold wrote: I always thought of primary and secondary as the old terms used in the BIND 4 manual, with master and slave as the new terms in the BIND 8 or 9 manuals. I think the

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-02 Thread Patrik Fältström
On 2 apr 2015, at 21:51, Paul Hoffman paul.hoff...@vpnc.org wrote: Given this thread, I propose the following for the draft: Well, I would change things around so that it is more clear primary and secondary are the terms to use today, like: Primary servers and secondary servers --- These

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-02 Thread Dave Lawrence
Rose, Scott W. writes: FWIW, when we were writing NIST SP 800-81 (the DNSSEC guide), we were told in the comments (can't remember the commenter) that primary/secondary should be used to denote roles, and master/slave to denote a relationship in a transfer. Minor difference, but technically a

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-02 Thread Ted Lemon
On Apr 2, 2015, at 4:39 PM, Dave Lawrence t...@dd.org wrote: I don't see primary/secondary as being inviolable roles, but only in relation to each other, much the same way as was being said above for master/slave. Now the student becomes the teacher. Just because a nameserver is getting its

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-02 Thread Rose, Scott W.
On Apr 2, 2015, at 2:50 PM, Dave Lawrence t...@dd.org wrote: Paul Hoffman: I added the synonym for slave. How do people feel about primary and master? Personally I'm not fond of the master/slave language and avoid the terms. I recognize their historic computer use and don't feel the need

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-02 Thread Bob Harold
I always thought of primary and secondary as the old terms used in the BIND 4 manual, with master and slave as the new terms in the BIND 8 or 9 manuals. For cultural reasons, I can see why some prefer primary/secondary. master/slave is probably more accurate, and widely used in other replication

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-02 Thread Paul Vixie
Tony Finch wrote: Re. primary, it is worth noting the definition of the SOA MNAME field in RFC 1035: MNAME The domain-name of the name server that was the original or primary source of data for this zone. I get the impression that sometimes people regard a zone

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-02 Thread Jim Reid
On 2 Apr 2015, at 22:41, Edward Lewis edward.le...@icann.org wrote: I was going to reply with something snippy on this thread, but then reading STD 13 and RFC 5936 (AXFR) I noted that primary/master/secondary/slave are barely mentioned at all. Hm. FWIW, I recall once firmly believing it

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-02 Thread Patrik Fältström
On 2 apr 2015, at 20:50, Dave Lawrence t...@dd.org wrote: Paul Hoffman: I added the synonym for slave. How do people feel about primary and master? Personally I'm not fond of the master/slave language and avoid the terms. I recognize their historic computer use and don't feel the need

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-02 Thread Shumon Huque
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Dave Lawrence t...@dd.org wrote: Paul Hoffman: I added the synonym for slave. How do people feel about primary and master? Personally I'm not fond of the master/slave language and avoid the terms. I recognize their historic computer use and don't feel the

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-02 Thread Ted Lemon
On Apr 2, 2015, at 2:50 PM, Dave Lawrence t...@dd.org wrote: Personally I'm not fond of the master/slave language and avoid the terms. I recognize their historic computer use and don't feel the need to be preachy about it, but in my own speech I use primary/secondary. Same here. I would go

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-02 Thread Paul Vixie
Dave Lawrence wrote: Paul Hoffman: I added the synonym for slave. How do people feel about primary and master? Personally I'm not fond of the master/slave language and avoid the terms. I recognize their historic computer use and don't feel the need to be preachy about it, but in my own

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-02 Thread Paul Hoffman
On Apr 2, 2015, at 12:32 AM, Matthijs Mekking matth...@pletterpet.nl wrote: Actually I think $DEFAULT_TTL should be in Zones too as it only exists in zone files. This does not seem to be a commonly used term, does it? Should we also define zone enumeration? Only if we agree on a

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-02 Thread Dave Lawrence
Paul Hoffman: I added the synonym for slave. How do people feel about primary and master? Personally I'm not fond of the master/slave language and avoid the terms. I recognize their historic computer use and don't feel the need to be preachy about it, but in my own speech I use

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-02 Thread Ted Lemon
On Apr 2, 2015, at 3:22 PM, Rose, Scott W. scott.r...@nist.gov wrote: FWIW, when we were writing NIST SP 800-81 (the DNSSEC guide), we were told in the comments (can't remember the commenter) that primary/secondary should be used to denote roles, and master/slave to denote a relationship in a

Re: [DNSOP] Some comments on draft-hoffman-dns-terminology

2015-04-01 Thread Paul Hoffman
On Apr 1, 2015, at 1:02 AM, Matthijs Mekking matth...@pletterpet.nl wrote: In section 3 (DNS Message Format) the last three paragraphs discusses default TTL, Glue records and Referrals. I wonder if that belongs in the section about DNS Message Format. To me it sounds like it is more suitable