Re: [DNSOP] Fundamental ANAME problems

Måns Nilsson <mansaxel@besserwisser.org> Mon, 05 November 2018 08:35 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Fundamental ANAME problems Date: Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 04:39:09PM +0000 Quoting Tony Finch (dot@dotat.at):
> It's really good to see more discussion about ANAME.

I agree. 
 
> I think a resolver-side or client-side alternative (like the various
> web-specific record types we have been discussing) is defintely soemthing
> we should aim for in the long term, but that isn't what this work is
> about.

IMNSHO _any_ work on "fixing CNAMES at apex" that gets traction is 
a spanner in the works for what we seem to agree is a better solution.
A interim fix will be deployed and stall every attempt at DTRT.

I am well aware of "perfect being the enemy of good enough" but I'm not
certain DNAME is "good enough". 

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