Re: [DNSOP] Fundamental ANAME problems

Ray Bellis <ray@bellis.me.uk> Mon, 05 November 2018 17:53 UTC

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On 06/11/2018 00:36, Paul Vixie wrote:
> second reply, on a more general topic:
> 
> the "HTTP URI" will require a change to bert's teaching resolver (tres), 
> which correctly handles unrecognized code points and thus would need no 
> changes at all if the additional data weren't mandatory. i think in 
> modern terminology, if your proposed addition to the DNS protocol 
> requires a change to "tres", it's (a) not "cheap", and (b) part of "the 
> camel". we are adding state, logic, and signal. (ouch.)

The additional data is not mandatory.

> more broadly: most ideas are bad, including mine, and especially when 
> DNS is the subject area. self-deception about how cheap they will be 
> looks wretched on us. let's not be that. if a change is to be made, let 
> it be because there is _no_ existing way within the standard to 
> accomplish some vital task. SRV's lack of wildcard support is adequate 
> cause. two RTT's on a cache miss is not. apparent cheapness is not.

Ack, except on that very last point (see previous message) where I think 
we need to consider the relative cost-benefit-analysis of the alternatives.

Ray