Re: [DNSOP] Any website publishers who use CDNs on the list?

2018-11-07 Thread Tim Wicinski
Mr Paul is correct - getdns is the best path for developers. On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 1:07 AM Paul Vixie wrote: > > > Tony Finch wrote: > > ... > > > > And even if you can get the recursive server addresses, you should still > > go through the name service switch to deal with names that aren't in

Re: [DNSOP] Further ANAME minimization /\ Ray convergence

2018-11-07 Thread Richard Gibson
This is such a salient point, and always draws me back towards a desire for accompanying questions. They wouldn't directly address exactly the issue handled by ANAME (the addresses of one host corresponding to those of a distinct [probably out-of-bailiwick] name), but might make it moot—or at

Re: [DNSOP] Any website publishers who use CDNs on the list?

2018-11-07 Thread Paul Vixie
Tony Finch wrote: ... And even if you can get the recursive server addresses, you should still go through the name service switch to deal with names that aren't in the DNS. agreed. The custom DNS stub resolvers that I know about (adns, ldns, libevent) reimplement the libc resolver, with

Re: [DNSOP] Any website publishers who use CDNs on the list?

2018-11-07 Thread Tony Finch
Vladimír Čunát wrote: > On 11/7/18 4:00 PM, Matthew Pounsett wrote: > > Can you point to a major browser that does *not* implement its own > > resolver already? > > I believe Firefox on Linux uses libc call (in my basically default > setup). There's a problem on Unix that there isn't a way to

Re: [DNSOP] Further ANAME minimization /\ Ray convergence

2018-11-07 Thread Ray Bellis
On 08/11/2018 04:13, Tim Wicinski wrote: I can't stress this enough - when you see ALIAS records at zone cuts that point to a database server, already, then we've missed the "server specific" ball. This sounds like it ought to be a very unusual configuration. Even with a zone cut, couldn't

Re: [DNSOP] Further ANAME minimization /\ Ray convergence

2018-11-07 Thread Michael J. Sheldon
On 11/07/2018 02:13 PM, Tim Wicinski wrote: > Tony says this: > > " It isn't a judgment about what's good, but an observation about what > is done." > > I can't stress this enough - when you see ALIAS records at zone cuts > that point to a database server,  > already, then we've missed the

Re: [DNSOP] Further ANAME minimization /\ Ray convergence

2018-11-07 Thread Tim Wicinski
Tony says this: " It isn't a judgment about what's good, but an observation about what is done." I can't stress this enough - when you see ALIAS records at zone cuts that point to a database server, already, then we've missed the "server specific" ball. And can someone show a significant number

Re: [DNSOP] Root reasons (aka "why") - HTTP vs SRV vs ANAME vs CNAME

2018-11-07 Thread Dan York
Brian, > On Nov 8, 2018, at 10:30 AM, Brian Dickson > wrote: > > For new RRtypes, registries, registrars, and their provisioning services do > NOT need to support them; the new types are in the zones only. DY> (Experiencing a "DUH!" moment.) Yes, of course. It's zone data so only those

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Root reasons (aka "why") - HTTP vs SRV vs ANAME vs CNAME

2018-11-07 Thread Paul Hoffman
On Nov 8, 2018, at 9:38 AM, p vixie wrote: > > If additional data is optional, so most resolvers can just pass it through, > the DNS techs will say yes but the HTTP techs will say no. We have a bad track record of predicting what other groups will want from the DNS or use it for. Specifying

Re: [DNSOP] Root reasons (aka "why") - HTTP vs SRV vs ANAME vs CNAME

2018-11-07 Thread Ray Bellis
On 08/11/2018 11:47, Dan York wrote: For that reason, wouldn't all the resolvers (or at least an extremely high %) need to be upgraded to support the new record? They don't _have_ to be, but performance is improved when they are (since only an upgraded resolver will include the A and

Re: [DNSOP] Root reasons (aka "why") - HTTP vs SRV vs ANAME vs CNAME

2018-11-07 Thread Mark Andrews
> On 8 Nov 2018, at 2:30 pm, Brian Dickson > wrote: > > > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 10:06 AM Dan York wrote: > Brian, > > DY> Upgrading our DNS infrastructure is VERY difficult. Because it is still > massively distributed and decentralized (even though we do have ongoing >

Re: [DNSOP] Further ANAME minimization /\ Ray convergence

2018-11-07 Thread tjw ietf
From my high tech gadget > On Nov 8, 2018, at 06:30, Ray Bellis wrote: > >> On 08/11/2018 04:13, Tim Wicinski wrote: >> >> I can't stress this enough - when you see ALIAS records at zone cuts >> that point to a database server, already, then we've missed the >> "server specific" ball. > >

Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] Root reasons (aka "why") - HTTP vs SRV vs ANAME vs CNAME

2018-11-07 Thread Paul Vixie
On Nov 8, 2018, at 9:38 AM, p vixie ; wrote: If additional data is optional, so most resolvers can just pass it through, the DNS techs will say yes but the HTTP techs will say no. We have a bad track record of predicting what other groups will want from the DNS or use it for. Specifying what

Re: [DNSOP] Any website publishers who use CDNs on the list?

2018-11-07 Thread Mark Andrews
> On 8 Nov 2018, at 5:07 am, Paul Vixie wrote: > > > > Tony Finch wrote: >> ... >> >> And even if you can get the recursive server addresses, you should still >> go through the name service switch to deal with names that aren't in the >> DNS. > > agreed. For A and , but not for HTTP,

[DNSOP] Root reasons (aka "why") - HTTP vs SRV vs ANAME vs CNAME

2018-11-07 Thread Brian Dickson
I'm going to start a clean, related thread, to discuss a bunch of questions, that I think can help with the ongoing threads. Rationale: I think many of the viewpoints some folks have are skewed by pre-existing familiarity with the protocol, and implementations (including browsers, libraries,

Re: [DNSOP] Root reasons (aka "why") - HTTP vs SRV vs ANAME vs CNAME

2018-11-07 Thread Brian Dickson
On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 11:47 AM Dan York wrote: > Brian, > > > On Nov 8, 2018, at 10:30 AM, Brian Dickson < > brian.peter.dick...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > For new RRtypes, registries, registrars, and their provisioning services > do NOT need to support them; the new types are in the zones only.

Re: [DNSOP] Root reasons (aka "why") - HTTP vs SRV vs ANAME vs CNAME

2018-11-07 Thread p vixie
If additional data is optional, so most resolvers can just pass it through, the DNS techs will say yes but the HTTP techs will say no. - Original Message - From: Brian Dickson Sent: 2018-11-07 - 18:30 To: "dnsop@ietf.org WG" Subject: [DNSOP] Root reasons (aka "why") - HTTP vs SRV vs

Re: [DNSOP] Further ANAME minimization /\ Ray convergence

2018-11-07 Thread Matthijs Mekking
On 11/6/18 6:28 PM, Tony Finch wrote: But thinking about the discussions from the weekend and yesterday, it occurs to me that it might make sense to simplify ANAME even further: * Make all authoritative processing optional, whether UPDATE style or dynamic on-demand. * The sibling

Re: [DNSOP] Any website publishers who use CDNs on the list?

2018-11-07 Thread Matthew Pounsett
On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 at 06:11, Vladimír Čunát wrote: > On 11/2/18 10:41 PM, Evan Hunt wrote: > > Speaking as a co-author of ANAME, I agree about this. URI, SRV, a > proposed > > new HTTP RRtype, whatever - service lookup is absolutely the correct way > to > > accomplish this goal. > > > > However,

Re: [DNSOP] Any website publishers who use CDNs on the list?

2018-11-07 Thread Patrick Mevzek
On 2018-11-05 06:10 -0500, Vladimír Čunát wrote: On 11/2/18 10:41 PM, Evan Hunt wrote: Speaking as a co-author of ANAME, I agree about this. URI, SRV, a proposed new HTTP RRtype, whatever - service lookup is absolutely the correct way to accomplish this goal. However, browser vendors are