Re: [DNSOP] comments ( was Re: Call for Adoption: draft-crocker-dns-attrleaf)

["John Levine" <[e-mail]>]

>> What are the requirements for entry into this registry. I would not want
>> to see a rush of people registering vanity names for pet projects,
>> taking away all the sensible one word entries. I see _mail is available :)
>
>Well, we know the concern about vanity use of DNS-related names is a 
>long way from silly, so alas I guess we have to worry about that.  grrr...

I'm not too worried about it, since unlike domain names, these are not
ones that are likely to be visible to users, or to be typed into browser
address bars.

>I'm inclined to suggest 'Specification Required'.  In my own view, an 
>internet draft ought to qualify, since they no longer disappear, but I 
>believe the community view is that it would require an RFC or the like.

RFC 6335 says that the ports and services registry is FCFS for entries
that don't ask for a port number, and the registration request is
required to have a reference that either describes it or says it's
proprietary with some minimal interface info, so it's close to
specification required.  That de facto reserves an underscore name,
and we haven't seen an unseemly gold rush.  Given the size of that
registry, I'd want a compelling reason to make the rules different.

R's,
John