Re: [DNSOP] abandoning ANAME and standardizing CNAME at apex

[Ray Bellis <[e-mail]>]

On 17/09/2018 08:11, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:

> Since the main use case is "people with a domain name such as
> example.com, who wants https://example.com/ to actually work, and who
> hosts the stuff at a CDN where the IP address is wildly variable so
> they cannot use A or AAAA records", I suggest that this use case is
> better solved by using SRV records for HTTP. True, it seems
> unrealistic that it will be specified and deployed but it is also the
> case for the DNS "CNAME at apex" change.

We heard at the side meeting in Montreal that SRV doesn't meet the 
requirements, in part because it has features that are considered 
incompatible with the web origin model (i.e. the port field).

I do believe we need a new DNS type code that is designed in cooperation 
with the HTTP community and I've suggested as such on the http-srv 
mailing list, but so far there's little engagement.

There was a suggestion that the proposed ALT-SVC RR could be used, but 
IMHO it has significant issues that would need to be resolved first.

Ray