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RE: [dhcwg] dhcpv6-24: compression in DNS names

"Bound, Jim" <Jim.Bound@hp.com> Wed, 15 May 2002 19:26 UTC

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Subject: RE: [dhcwg] dhcpv6-24: compression in DNS names
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 15:23:15 -0400
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From: "Bound, Jim" <Jim.Bound@hp.com>
To: Thomas Narten <narten@us.ibm.com>, dhcwg@ietf.org
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this makes sense for IPv6.
/jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Narten [mailto:narten@us.ibm.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 1:00 PM
> To: dhcwg@ietf.org
> Subject: [dhcwg] dhcpv6-24: compression in DNS names
> 
> 
> [Note: the IESG is starting to review this document, and I'm getting
> questions comments on the ID].
> 
> This document specifies that DNS Names are represented in DNS
> on-the-wire formate, and compression MUST be supported. I understand
> that DHCPv4 supports this now (with recent options).
> 
> But there is also complexity associated with the compression part. In
> DHCPv4, options were limited in size (255 bytes). DHCPv6 doesn't have
> this restriction. So the need for compression is reduced.
> 
> How about just removing the requirement to support compression. This
> will simplify implementations and doesn't appear to result in any real
> loss of functionality.
> 
> Thomas
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