To:
"'ietf-provreg@cafax.se'" <ietf-provreg@cafax.se>
From:
"Hollenbeck, Scott" <shollenbeck@verisign.com>
Date:
Thu, 20 Mar 2003 15:39:13 -0500
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Subject:
[ietf-provreg] References for Today's Host Object Discussion
After today's meeting some people asked me for a reference to an earlier discussion about host objects being used as name servers. For those of you who weren't there, we talked a little bit about the history of why we have an object concept for name server hosts. Part of the ensuing discussion touched on all of the options that have been discussed over the last few years, including: - Host objects for all name servers. (This is a simplified expression of what we have in the documents now) - Host objects for only in-zone hosts, with external hosts specified as domain object attributes. http://www.cafax.se/ietf-provreg/maillist/2002-11/msg00008.html - Allowing a choice between name server host objects and name server domain attributes. http://www.cafax.se/ietf-provreg/maillist/2001-12/msg00024.html I've included references to the list archives where I've been able to find them. What did we ever do before google came along... For what it's worth, I kind of like the last option (or something like it) as something to consider for the next version of the protocol. We've heard a lot of comments from people having issues with host objects as name servers; maybe we can eliminate the issues if we allow a choice. -Scott-