Re: [DNSOP] New draft for ALIAS/ANAME type

Paul Wouters <paul@nohats.ca> Mon, 03 April 2017 19:49 UTC

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From: Paul Wouters <paul@nohats.ca>
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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] New draft for ALIAS/ANAME type
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On Mon, 3 Apr 2017, Dan York wrote:

> I very much like the idea of this draft, given that I use multiple DNS hosting providers who all have their own unique (and proprietary) way of doing
> "CNAME flattening at the apex". I think the reality of today's user experience with domain names is that we are increasingly dropping the "www" or any
> other kind of second-level domain. So we want to talk about our sites as "example.com" ... but as the publisher we want to use CDNs, load balancers and
> other systems that need us to use a CNAME. A standardized way of doing this would be helpful.
> One comment... 

I hate it :)

As Evan said, there should not be any code in an authoritative server
that requires it to do recursive validation.

> (Incidentally, I'm working on a somewhat more ambitious ANAME draft with
> Peter van Dijk and Anthony Eden, who has kindly agreed to merge his efforts
> with ours. I expect to post it in a few days, stay tuned.)

Staying tuned :)

Paul