To:
Bill Manning <bmanning@isi.edu>
Cc:
brunner@nic-naa.net (Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine), lewis@tislabs.com, ietf-provreg@cafax.se, paf@cisco.com (Patrik Faltstrom)
From:
Edward Lewis <lewis@tislabs.com>
Date:
Sat, 3 Feb 2001 17:18:31 -0500
In-Reply-To:
<200102022241.f12Mf1303704@zed.isi.edu>
Sender:
owner-ietf-provreg@cafax.se
Subject:
Re: Fw: WG Review: Provisioning Registry Protocol (provreg)
The charter mentions DNS administration to set the context of the work, it itself is not a work item. At 5:41 PM -0500 2/2/01, Bill Manning wrote: >% Ed, >% >% The scope expressed in this charter draft mentions: >% administration of the DNS, DNS Registries, Registrars, Registrants, >% plurality of mid-level access modes (multiple DNS registries, and >% multiple DNS registrars), R2R application interaction and other >% rational boilerplate, >% >% and fails to mention: >% whois (any varient) >% >% and declines to put non-DNS registration interests ahead of DNS >registration. >% >% In my view these are attractive features of this charter, and I understand >% from Mr. Seng's earlier repeated comments that he does not. >% >% If anything, the focus of the work will be sharpened by having to recharter >% upon completion of DNS Registrataion work, if in fact there is a need for a >% standard in some related or extended area(s). >% >% Cheers, >% Eric > > Hum... perhaps the charter is a bit too broad. IMHO, > "administration of the DNS" is way outside a registration > protocol. DNS has an existing OPS wg (DNSOPS) and has existing > protocols for performing DNS administration... > > > >-- >--bill -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Edward Lewis NAI Labs Phone: +1 443-259-2352 Email: lewis@tislabs.com Dilbert is an optimist. Opinions expressed are property of my evil twin, not my employer.