Re: [DNSOP] private-use in-meeting chat comments

[Tony Finch <[e-mail]>]

Brian Dickson <[e-mail]> wrote:

> One potential approach is to say (in the RFC) that one of the two-letter
> reserved codes should avoid name collision by putting a collision-resistant
> second-level label, below .zz and above the private use usage (and use that
> particular two-letter code in that manner exclusively).

This kind of thing, or guidspace.arpa, is not that different in terms of
usability / ugliness from assigning a unique subdomain under a domain that
has been registered in the normal way.

There's also a privacy leak: if you assign a unique subdomain then when a
device roams and leaks queries for the private domain, the device can be
tracked and correlated with other devices that use the same private
domain.

I have a terrible mental conflict trying to weigh this privacy issue
against the horrible consequences of encouraging people to squat on
unassigned domains and use colliding hostnames. The privacy leak probably
needs to be fixed regardless, and if it is fixed then there would be a bit
less pressure in favour of unwise squatting.

Tony.
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