Re: [dbound] On (not) moving forward

["Paul Hoffman" <[e-mail]>]

On 30 Mar 2016, at 10:44, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 7:09 PM, Paul Hoffman <[e-mail]> 
> wrote:
>
>> On 28 Mar 2016, at 18:53, Martin J. Dürst wrote:
>>
>> The problem would be with the operators. It's quite possible that DNS
>>> operators would start adding such records if there's a standards 
>>> track
>>> spec. I could even imagine them to be motivated to add the relevant 
>>> records
>>> if there is *one* experimental spec. But multiple experimental 
>>> specs? Not a
>>> splitter of a chance, if you as me.
>>>
>>
>> Why not? If they only had to pick one of three, why is that harder 
>> than
>> picking one of one?
>
>
> A desire to interoperate, I would imagine.  I would want to pick the 
> same
> one other operators will use, and that other clients will use.  
> Otherwise,
> to be sure of participation, I have to implement all three.

For the scenario I gave (either Mozilla or someone with a fork of the 
PSL wanting to supplement the current PSL input with DNS records), 
implementing all three seems to not be a lot of work. We would only need 
to pick one if we wanted everyone to interoperate, but it feels like 
that idea is off the table.

--Paul Hoffman