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Paul Hoffman / IMC <phoffman@imc.org>
Date:
Thu, 21 Dec 2000 12:48:08 -0800
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RE: Expiration times [was Re: domreg BOF Meeting Minutes]
At 11:25 AM -0700 12/21/00, Brian Jarvis wrote: > > So you're recommending instituting a "class of service" identifier, >> where the default (perhaps) is mandated? You realize that you're >> introducing the need for an "IANA function" to register the classes, >> as I see it? > >I agree that a "class of service" identifier is appropriate. However, >in order to ease/eliminate the IANA function, I would prefer it be an OID. OIDs still need to be registered somewhere to help people understand what their semantics are. Using a new IANA registry would probably lead to much greater interoperability. At least, that is what we have found (painfully) in the PKIX and S/MIME world... --Paul Hoffman, Director --Internet Mail Consortium