Re: [dns-dir] Draft requesting reservation of special-use domain names

Olafur Gudmundsson <ogud@ogud.com> Sat, 16 November 2013 13:01 UTC

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On Nov 16, 2013, at 7:32 AM, Olaf Kolkman <olaf@NLnetLabs.nl> wrote:

> 
> On 15 nov. 2013, at 13:34, Patrik Fältström <paf@frobbit.se> wrote:
> 
>> So, IETF must, quickly(!!!!), understand what criteria are to be used to reserve names.
> 
> 
> Is there any reason why these should be top level labels?  (There is not technical reason as far as I can see).
> 
> If there is no technical reason then gnu.arpa. tor.arpa. onion.arpa. or domains under pseudo.arpa could be considered.
> 
> Also, this document should have an internationalization section. The community of users is not english only is it?
> 
> We have the same issues in dns-sd.
> 
> —Olaf
> 
> 

IFF the proponents insist on using a postfix, then the easy solution is to tell them to use a name in .arpa 
but that is quite ironic to see i2p.arpa. 

	Olafur