To:
pekkas@netcore.fi, DougB@DougBarton.net
Cc:
hinden@iprg.nokia.com, jschnizl@cisco.com, soohong.park@samsung.com, dnsop@cafax.se
From:
matthew.ford@bt.com
Date:
Thu, 2 Oct 2003 10:08:16 +0100
content-class:
urn:content-classes:message
Sender:
owner-dnsop@cafax.se
Subject:
RE: How IPv6 host gets DNS address
I think the point that Doug was trying to make (although he can certainly speak for himself) was that once you open the door to this, the fact that all *you* wanted was the address of a recursive name server will not be enough to prevent feature-creep. Mat > -----Original Message----- > From: Pekka Savola [mailto:pekkas@netcore.fi] > Sent: 02 October 2003 06:04 > To: Doug Barton > Cc: Bob Hinden; John Schnizlein; Soohong Daniel Park; dnsop@cafax.se > Subject: Re: How IPv6 host gets DNS address > > > On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Doug Barton wrote: > > The problem with this argument is that it's a slippery slope. > > Agreed here. > > > It sounds > > totally reasonable to say, "As long as we have X, we might as well > > include Y." However, the address(es) of the recursive name servers > > aren't that useful without a search list. > > Why do you need a search list? I certainly don't. > > Just remember which scenarios we'd be targeting the solution. > The target > audience would _very probably_ *not* be the enterprise network. > > > Then, once you get into a > > windows environment you really need the netbios name server > address.... > > In an environment of one hop (e.g. home), the lookups can go > directly over > the LAN I think? And in some cases, it isn't really > necessary, as Windows > environements may not be used at all in some environments > where this is > envisioned. > > > etc. Once you get done with that, you've invented something > that looks > > an awful lot like dhcp. > > What if the mechanism is not meant to be an every-purpose > tool for service > discovery, but rather, for every specific purposes only? > > The one example I personally have used a couple of times is > my laptop at > the IETF or in some other network I plug it to. I don't care > less about > DHCP, NTP (the clock is good enough already), Windows > environments, search > paths, etc. -- I just want the DNS and be done with it..! > > -- > Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the > Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." > Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings > > #------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > # To unsubscribe, send a message to <dnsop-request@cafax.se>. > #---------------------------------------------------------------------- # To unsubscribe, send a message to <dnsop-request@cafax.se>.