Re: [DNSOP] More complete review of draft-grothoff-iesg-special-use-p2p-names-01

Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> Mon, 06 January 2014 15:43 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] More complete review of draft-grothoff-iesg-special-use-p2p-names-01
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On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 09:39:32AM +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> reasonable (it would be better to have "stable" references) but it is
> a "nice to have", it is not mandatory in IETF processes here (RFC
> 6761, section 4 does not require it

I think I disagree.  6761 section 4 says 

   If it is determined that special handling of a name is required in
   order to implement some desired new functionality,

We need some way to make that determination, or else there's no reason
to allocate the labels.  In order to make such a determination, we'd
need either a stable reference or else details in the draft that wants
to allocate the new label.

Best regards,

A

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Andrew Sullivan
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