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Re: [DNSOP] HTTPSSVC/SVCB bikeshed: poll for what to name them

Shane Kerr <shane@time-travellers.org> Wed, 20 November 2019 09:18 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] HTTPSSVC/SVCB bikeshed: poll for what to name them
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Viktor,

On 20/11/2019 10.04, Viktor Dukhovni wrote:
> 
> My proposal:
> 
> 1. SVCB  ->  SRVLOC
> 
>     Service location, less cryptic than SVCB, and manifestly a
>     generalization of SRV.
> 
> 2. HTTPSSVC  ->  HTTPLOC
> 
>     HTTP location, manifestly a variant of the generic service location,
>     with HTTP in the name.
> 
> Definitely agree on the need for a single lexeme, these names end up as
> enum names in various programming languages.

Unfortunately these are similar to the fun but rarely-used LOC record:

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1876

And also similar to the even less-frequently used NIMLOC record (which 
seems to be from a routing architecture that hasn't been worked on in 20 
years):

http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/nimrod/dns.txt

Not necessarily a complete veto, but definitely a mark against 
SRVLOC/HTTPLOC, I think.

Cheers,

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Shane

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