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Re: [dnsext] Publication request: draft-ietf-dnsext-dnssec-registry-fixes-07

Joe Abley <jabley@hopcount.ca> Thu, 14 April 2011 14:28 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dnsext] Publication request: draft-ietf-dnsext-dnssec-registry-fixes-07
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On 2011-04-14, at 09:54, Thomas Narten wrote:

> And I have to wonder why we even need a registry, when the contents of
> the registry are effectively kept in a single RFC, with some types of
> updates to the registry effectively requiring reissuing the RFC and
> replacing the entire IANA registry.

I don't understand this point -- why would a subsequent document not be able to update the registry on its own merits, e.g. for the purposes of documenting implementation requirements for new algorithms?

Why would the registry need to be replaced in the case where we're just adding rows to it?


Joe

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