Re: "External" hosts in EPP

[Jens Wagner <jwagner@key-systems.net>]

Hollenbeck, Scott wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Rick H Wesson [mailto:wessorh@ar.com]
>>Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 2:17 PM
>>To: asbjorn.rrp@theglobalname.org
>>Cc: ietf-provreg@cafax.se
>>Subject: Re: "External" hosts in EPP
>>
>>
>>
>>asbjorn,
>>
>>another potential solution is to only requre host objects for hosts that
>>require glue. in other words hosts outside the zone don't need a host
>>object created. hosts inside the managed zone require a host object to be
>>created and associated with the deligation.
>>
>
>True, but this gets us back to the issue of losing the ability to change one
>host object and having the change(s) reflected to all domains delegated to
>the host.  Do folks think that the benefit of the suggested change is
>greater than the downside of having to perform host changes on a
>domain-by-domain basis?
>
>I'm not trying to slam the suggestion (it could work quite well), I just
>want to see a measure of interest in the trade-off.
>
>-Scott- 
>
As long as the registry allows the registrars to rename out-of-zone 
hosts (based on the common f.c.f.s.) there will be a security issue 
regarding nameserver cybersquatting.
I would prefer Rick's solution which removes this issue, even if it 
requires the registrar to implement one more foreach loop.

Best regards,
-jens