Re: [ietf-provreg] References for Today's Host Object Discussion

[Joe Abley <jabley@isc.org>]

On Thursday, Mar 20, 2003, at 15:39 Canada/Eastern, Hollenbeck, Scott 
wrote:

> - 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.

Thanks for posting that link; I have been hearing similar comments for 
some time, and I hadn't realised the issue had already been considered. 
Eliminating the requirement to support host objects would make EPP a 
viable prospect for several registries that I have talked to recently.

I wonder whether it might be reasonable to accommodate the 
non-host-object case in the current spec before it is shipped for 
proposed standard. This doesn't seem like it would be a major change to 
the text, and the impact on existing implementations seems small (zero, 
maybe) considering that the spec would not change for registries which 
choose to include host objects.

I would be happy to contribute text if this sounds like a reasonable 
approach.


Joe