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Re: [dhcwg] dhcpv6-24: use of DNS names in DUIDs

Ralph Droms <rdroms@cisco.com> Thu, 09 May 2002 00:04 UTC

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Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 19:30:06 -0400
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From: Ralph Droms <rdroms@cisco.com>
Subject: Re: [dhcwg] dhcpv6-24: use of DNS names in DUIDs
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Comments in line

- Ralph

At 11:33 AM 5/8/2002 -0400, Thomas Narten wrote:
> > Thomas - the VUID-DN format is useful for vendors that have a DNS name but
> > do not have an enterprise number.
>
>I think you need to also add: "and cannot easily obtain one". My
>understanding is that they are easy to obtain. See
>http://www.iana.org/assignments/enterprise-numbers. There is also an
>online application form on the IANA page.

Adding the text makes sense...


> > I argue for the domain name representation to be in the base spec to cover
> > all possible future uses of domain names in options, even if none of those
> > options appear in the base spec.  With the definition in the base spec, we
> > are guaranteed uniformity of domain name representation across all future
> > options.
>
>I can live with this.
>
> > If there is a conflcit between the spec in section 8 and in the VUID-DN
> > definition, we should fix (or drop) the VUID-DN definition.
>
>The VUID-DN definition says the DNS name is in ascii.

Good catch - I think the use of ASCII is a legacy in the example;
the example should be changed to use RFC1035 representation.


>Thomas
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