To:
Bill Manning <bmanning@ISI.EDU>
cc:
vixie@vix.com, <dnsop@cafax.se>
From:
Dean Anderson <dean@av8.com>
Date:
Thu, 27 Mar 2003 18:40:05 -0500 (EST)
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<200303272258.h2RMwMY21233@boreas.isi.edu>
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Subject:
Re: What problem were we trying to solve again? (was Re: Radical
That would be fine, except that some people like Vixie and others tend to write software that puts reverse map entries in log files. Then consultants go in and try to figure out who rooted a server, and find bogus reverse entries, and no IP addresses. The culprit gets away because someone told people (or implemented it directly) that they can use reverse as a way to determine the relationship between the network operator and the host operator. They also mislead people about the use of reverse, so that your assertion (according to them, anyway) that "no one is forcing [me] to populate reverse maps" is false. Vixie again repeats the assertion that not having reverse is a sign something is broken, in his last email on the subject. The rest of your argument seems to be completely IPV4 specific. We are talking about an IPV6 problem. There are no reverse maps for IPv6, and there are problems creating them. There is also no need (for tools like traceroute) in IPv6 to have reverse because there are alternatives such as ICMP node identification. The people who feel so strongly for reverse want us to undertake considerable effort to make reverse work in IPV6, including eliminating certain structure. This is a waste of time, for the harms given, and for the reason that there are adequate alternatives in IPV6. --Dean On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Bill Manning wrote: > [Charset X-UNKNOWN unsupported, skipping...] > > Dean, no one is forcing you to populate the reverse maps that you > might be responsible for. If you feel strongly about the issue, > then act within your scope and don't do it. > > However... please don't try and force me to adopt your stance. > I like/use the reverse maps and others do as well and intend to > use them for all my delegations. > > > --bill > Opinions expressed may not even be mine by the time you read them, and > certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or otherwise). > #---------------------------------------------------------------------- # To unsubscribe, send a message to <dnsop-request@cafax.se>.