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Re: [dnsext] DNSEXT closing down soon

Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> Mon, 05 December 2011 15:02 UTC

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On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 10:28:51PM +0900, Masataka Ohta wrote:

> Isn't it a well known problem of IETF standardization process
> to require irrational amount of effort to advance PS to DS and
> DS to IS?

It would indeed require a great deal of effort now, since that
advancement path is no longer open.

> DNSSEC is a real extension? You should be joking.

Regardless of what one thinks of the merits of DNSSEC, it was in fact
a change to the protocol and in that sense an extension of
capabilities.  Other things we have been working on are actually
document cleanup or maintenance of existing capabilities (like adding
new EDNS0 options or new algorithms to DNSSEC).

Best,

A

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