Re: [icnrg] [irsg] Review of "Architectural Considerations of ICN using Name Resolution Service"

Thanks, Chris!

What do the authors think?

Dirk

On 15 Jan 2021, at 19:35, Colin Perkins wrote:

> Chris – Thank you for the review!
>
> It seems there’s some discussion, and possibly a revised draft, 
> needed to address these comments, before the draft can proceed in the 
> publication process.
>
> Colin
>
>
>> On 11 Jan 2021, at 14:54, Christopher Wood <caw@heapingbits.net> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Document: draft-irtf-icnrg-nrsarch-considerations-05
>>
>> The summary of the review is: Ready with issues
>>
>> Comments:
>>
>> Given that this is a considerations document for ICNRG, I think the 
>> level of detail is probably fine here. My biggest concern is the lack 
>> of discussion around NRS mapping management. The document states:
>>
>>   When an NRS is utilized in an ICN architecture, security threats 
>> may
>>   increase in various aspects...
>>
>> And then briefly describes "Name Space Management." It states that 
>> producer authentication is required, but I would like to see some 
>> more discussion there. In particular, is authentication required for 
>> only insertion into the NRS? What about updates or removal? 
>> (Something like BEAD [1] might help deal with deletion.)
>>
>> On a related topic, how do clients (resolvers) know if they received 
>> the most up-to-date version of an NRS mapping? Should these be stored 
>> in cacheable content objects, or in new protocol messages that are 
>> not cached? This relates to the discussion around mobility, and I'm 
>> not sure how much detail you want to add here. Maybe just mentioning 
>> the possibility of stale content as a consideration will suffice.
>>
>> Lastly, how a NRS impacts client behavior seems a bit unclear at the 
>> moment. This document seems to suggest that names can only map to 
>> other NDOs, and not, for example, prefixes. Should it be possible to 
>> query the NRS with a name prefix, and the NRS performs LPM to return 
>> the mapped value? What are the implications for clients if they can 
>> query by prefix? Should they always query the NRS before sending an 
>> interest for a name?
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>>
>> Best,
>> Chris
>>
>> [1] https://arxiv.org/pdf/1512.07311.pdf
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