Re: [DNSOP] definitions of "public DNS Service"

[Paul Vixie <[e-mail]>]

On Monday, 25 May 2020 09:06:17 UTC Vittorio Bertola wrote:
> > Il 22/05/2020 18:59 Tony Finch <[e-mail]> ha scritto:
> > 
> > I think despite what Paul H. said this is already covered in RFC 8499:
> >    Open resolver:  A full-service resolver that accepts and processes
> >    
> >       queries from any (or nearly any) client.  This is sometimes also
> >       called a "public resolver", although the term "public resolver" is
> >       used more with open resolvers that are meant to be open, as
> >       compared to the vast majority of open resolvers that are probably
> >       misconfigured to be open.  Open resolvers are discussed in
> >       [RFC5358].
> 
> I think this definition is good - perhaps what we need is just to agree to
> use "open resolver" instead of "public resolver".
> 
> If you wanted to convey the nuance that it's not just open, but open on
> purpose and meant to attract users from the entire Internet, you could add
> "global": "open global resolver".
> 
> Or, as an alternative, you could use the term "platform", which is
> increasingly being used to identify Internet-wide global companies that
> provide multiple consumer services. "Platform resolver" would also convey
> the idea that these resolvers are going to be distributed and ubiquitously
> available. "Cloud resolver" could have a similar meaning.

not that it will matter, but i find those names unprovocative and descriptive.

> But, as for any terminological bikeshedding effort, you cannot force others
> to use the "most correct" term, so it's possibly just a waste of time.

i don't think we'll be able to improve on dagon's "more correct" suggestion:

> I suggest: "distant resolver outside of the user's policy oversight".

-- 
Paul