Re: [DNSOP] ALT-TLD and (insecure) delgations.

[Warren Kumari <[e-mail]>]

On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 9:40 PM, Ted Lemon <[e-mail]> wrote:
> On Feb 3, 2017, at 9:10 PM, Andrew Sullivan <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> My memory is that only after that
> did we start thinking of a sort of 1918-style part of the DNS as
> well.  That may have been a mistake, since as this discussion is
> showing the properties of an in-protocol, in-DNS namespace without
> delegations are somewhat different to alternative-protocol uses that
> do not rely on the DNS at all.
>
>
> I think that we've seen a number of questions go by that lead to the
> conclusion that it makes sense to have two hierarchies: one for experimental
> non-DNS queries, and one for locally served zones.

Yes.

>  I don't know if we
> _need_ the .LSZ (or whatever) SUTLDN, but if we need to be able to have a
> special-use top-level domain name that has an un-signed delegation, it
> probably ought to be different than the SUTLDN that is used for non-DNS
> stuff, so that both names can have the appropriate configuration in the root
> zone.


.alt was intended only for names *outside* the DNS - an alternate name
resolution system (like .onion). It was never intended for use in an
alternate/internal DNS namespace. If needed, we can clarify this in
the draft.

I fully understand the desire for names which are resolved using the
DNS, but are not rooted in / connected to the DNS root -- I think that
something like this would be really useful (I've got a bunch of
use-cases), but it seems like a completely different kettle of fish.

I'd encourage someone to write a document like this -- I started
writing a such document[0] in July 2015 to reserve a name (.internal)
specifically for this, but only got as far as the title and abstract
before getting sidetracked. :-P

So, in my opinion there should not be any sort of delegation for .alt.
A new (short) draft reserving .internal (or whatever) specifically for
DNS names not rooted in / connected to the IANA tree could be written,
and that can ask for a delegation.

W


[0]
    <title abbrev="template">Reservation of .internal as a Special Use
    Name.</title
...
<abstract>
      <t>This document reserves the string "internal" for use as an internal
      DNS </t>

      <t>[ Ed note: Text inside square brackets ([]) is additional background
      information, answers to freqently asked questions, general musings, etc.
      They will be removed before publication.]</t>

      <t>[ This document is being collaborated on in Github at:
      https://github.com/__URL__. The most recent version of the document,
      open issues, etc should all be available here. The authors (gratefully)
      acept pull requests ]</t>
    </abstract>
  </front>

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