Re: [mif] draft-ietf-mif-current-practices-00

[gabriel montenegro <[e-mail]>]

Hi Teemu,

I don't consider NRPT a MIF-specific technology as the whole point is 
to enable *namespace-specific DNS servers*, in addition to the well-known
interface-specific DNS servers.

Also, NRPT is not specific to DirectAccess. For example, it is also used for DNSSEC. 
Even when used for DirectAccess, it is even harder than with VPNs to consider
it an "interface". For example, DirectAccess can use IPsec transport mode to access
intranet resources. Whereas VPN's that use IPsec in tunnel mode are sometimes
thought of as constituting an "interface", I'm not sure I've seen that for 
IPsec in *transport* mode.

NRPT can be managed remotely by Group Policy.

thanks,

Gabriel

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> 
> Hi,

Why do you think #4 is not mif-specific? What possible use NRPT has 
> for single interfaced host? Or is the idea such that a host could have single 
> interface, but just use different DNS server for queries matching 
> NRPT?
....hmm...
Do you consider a host using DirectAccess single or 
> multi-interfaced? From my quick reading of the DirectAccess feature, it sounds 
> to be somewhere in between - not obviously multi-interface like the VPN-case is, 
> but not quite single-interfaced either. 

Is there a way to configure NRPT 
> policies remotely via some protocol?

Thanks for 
> explanation,

Teemu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
> > href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail] [mailto:> ymailto="mailto:[e-mail]" 
> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]] On Behalf 
> Of
> ext gabriel montenegro
> Sent: 08. huhtikuuta 2010 
> 23:17
> To: Dan Wing; Hui Deng; Dave Thaler
> Cc: > ymailto="mailto:[e-mail]" 
> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]
> Subject: Re: [mif] 
> draft-ietf-mif-current-practices-00
> 
> In addition to those three 
> usages of "suffix":
> 
> 1. Domain Search list suffix
> 2. For 
> interface-specific suffix list
> 3. Suffix to control Dynamic 
> DNS Updates
> 
> There is yet another usage in Windows introduced in 
> windows 7 and its
> server counterpart, Windows Server 2008 R2:
> 
> 
> 4. Suffix in the NRPT [1] to aid in identifying a Namespace 
> that
> requires special handling,
> as used for DirectAccess [2]. 
> This is not MIF-specific either.
> 
> Only #2 is MIF-specific (and 
> this should be called out), but it makes
> sense to clarify the
> 
> other uses of "suffix" otherwise #2 won't be clear.
> 
> [1] NRPT: 
> See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff394369.aspx
> [2] 
> DirectAcess: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
> 
> us/magazine/2009.05.cableguy.aspx
> 
> Gabriel
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Dan Wing <> ymailto="mailto:[e-mail]" 
> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]>
> > To: Hui Deng 
> <> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]>; Dave 
> Thaler
> <> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]>
> > 
> Cc: > href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]; Gabriel Montenegro <> ymailto="mailto:[e-mail]" 
> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]>
> > 
> Sent: Thu, April 8, 2010 7:22:23 AM
> > Subject: Re: [mif] 
> draft-ietf-mif-current-practices-00
> >
> >
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hui Deng [mailto:> 
> ymailto="mailto:> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]"
> > 
> href="mailto:> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]">> ymailto="mailto:[e-mail]" 
> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]]
> > 
> Sent:
> > Wednesday, April 07, 2010 7:29 PM
> > To: Dave 
> Thaler
> > Cc: Dan Wing;
> > Gabriel Montenegro; > 
> href="mailto:> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]">> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]
> > Subject: Re: 
> [mif]
> > draft-ietf-mif-current-practices-00
> >
> > 
> 2nd purpose has been
> > documented in the current practice 
> draft,
> > whether 1st and 3rd purpose
> > need to be 
> documented as well? it may not
> > directly related to
> > 
> MIF?
> 
> Some operating systems -- e.g., most flavors of Unix -- do 
> not
> > support the
> ability for sending different DNS queries 
> to different DNS
> > servers.
> 
> It would be helpful if 
> the draft more clearly described the
> > functionality.
> Someone 
> unfamiliar with the Windows functionality, reading the
> > draft, 
> assumes
> it is merely talking about the 'domain search list' -- 
> because
> > that is what
> they are familiar with.
> 
> 
> I don't care how the draft
> > is fixed to make it clearer.  I 
> propose describing
> the 2 (and, as Dave
> > pointed out, 3) 
> functions.  If you want to adjust the
> document to
> > instead 
> talk about the per-interface stuff, that's great -- my
> point is 
> that
> > right now it is insufficiently clear in explaining it.
> 
> 
> -d
> 
> >
> > -Hui
> >
> > 
> 2010/4/7 Dave Thaler <> ymailto="mailto:> ymailto="mailto:[e-mail]" 
> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]"
> > 
> href="mailto:> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]">> ymailto="mailto:[e-mail]" 
> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]>:
> 
> >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> 
> From: Dan Wing [mailto:> ymailto="mailto:> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]"
> > href="mailto:> ymailto="mailto:[e-mail]" 
> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]">> ymailto="mailto:[e-mail]" 
> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]]
> > >> 
> Sent:
> > Tuesday, April 06, 2010 11:52 AM
> > >> To: 
> Dave Thaler; 'Hui Deng';
> > Gabriel Montenegro
> > >> 
> Cc: > href="mailto:> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]">> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]
> > >> Subject: RE: 
> [mif]
> > draft-ietf-mif-current-practices-00
> > 
> >>
> > >>
> >
> > >>
> > 
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> > >> >
> > 
> From: Dave Thaler [mailto:>
> href="mailto:> ymailto="mailto:[e-mail]" 
> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]">> ymailto="mailto:[e-mail]" 
> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]]
> > 
> >>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 10:06 AM
> > 
> >> > To: Hui Deng;
> > Dan Wing; Gabriel Montenegro
> 
> > >> > Cc: > ymailto="mailto:> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]"
> > href="mailto:> ymailto="mailto:[e-mail]" href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]">> ymailto="mailto:[e-mail]" 
> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]
> > >> > Subject: 
> RE:
> > [mif] draft-ietf-mif-current-practices-00
> > >> 
> >
> > >>
> > > Hui is correct, Windows has 
> per-interface DNS server lists
> > >>
> > 
> configured.
> > >> >
> > >> > It then uses a 
> host-wide
> > "effective" server list for an
> > actual 
> query,
> > >> >
> > where the effective server list 
> may be different for
> > different
> > names.
> > 
> >> >
> > >> > On Windows the per-interface
> 
> > suffix is actually termed the
> > >> > 
> "connection-specific DNS
> > suffix" to distinguish it from the
> 
> > >> > "primary DNS suffix" of
> > the machine.  I think 
> that's why
> > >> > "interface-specific" was
> > 
> repeated in the first bullet.
> > >>
> > 
> >>
> >
> > >>
> > >> In 
> draft-montenegro-mif-multihoming, there are two
> >
> > 
> purposes and terms
> > >> that
> > >> seem to 
> be
> > intermingled using the term "DNS suffix".
> > 
> >>
> > >> One
> > purpose is the suffix for 
> non-FQDN names, like
> > "payroll" or
> > "mail",
> > 
> >> which will have a suffix added to them (e.g., > 
> target="_blank"
> href="http://example.com">> href="http://example.com">example.com).
> > >
> 
> >
> > > That's what windows calls the "DNS Suffix Search List" 
> (see the
> >
> > > sample output I sent previously below). 
>  It's called the
> > >
> > "domain search list" in other 
> places (like RFC 3397), or just
> > >
> > "search list" 
> (RFC 1123).
> > >
> > >> The
> > 
> >>
> > other purpose is deciding which DNS server will be be 
> sent
> > a query
> > for
> > >> a certain FQDN 
> (e.g., queries for *.>
> href="http://example.net">> target="_blank" href="http://example.net">example.net go to one
> > 
> DNS server
> >
> > >> and queries for *.example.com go 
> to a different DNS server).
> >
> > >
> > > 
> Another purpose is deciding which DNS server will receive a
> > 
> dynamic
> > > update for a name with a certain suffix (e.g., 
> Windows
> >
> > supports dynamic
> > > updates for 
> the primary DNS name, and
> > optionally also the
> > 
> connection-
> > > specific DNS name of the
> > 
> machine).
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> 
> > >> In
> > draft-ietf-mif-current-practices-00, which is the 
> WG document
> > >>
> > that seems to have boiled down 
> draft-montenegro-mif-multihoming,
> >
> > >> but 
> draft-ietf-mif-current-practices-00 also does not clearly
> >
> 
> > >> separate the two purposes.
> > >
> > > 
> Yep
> >
> > >
> > > -Dave
> > 
> >>
> > >> -d
> >
> > >>
> 
> > >>
> > >> > Example on Windows, extracted
> 
> > from "ipconfig /all" output:
> > >> >
> > 
> >> > Windows
> > IP Configuration
> > >> 
> >
> > >> >    Host Name . . .
> > . . . . . . . . 
> . : dthaler-win7
> > >> >    Primary Dns Suffix  .
> 
> > . . . . . . : >
> href="http://ntdev.corp.microsoft.com">> target="_blank" 
> href="http://ntdev.corp.microsoft.com">ntdev.corp.microsoft.com
> 
> >
> > >> >
> > 
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > 
> >>
> > >    Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
> 
> > >> >    IP
> > Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : 
> No
> > >> >    WINS Proxy Enabled.
> > . . . . . . . 
> : No
> > >> >    DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . :
> 
> > ntdev.corp.microsoft.com
> > >> >
> >     
>  >
> href="http://redmond.corp.microsoft.com">> href="http://redmond.corp.microsoft.com">redmond.corp.microsoft.com
> 
> >
> > >> >                                       
>  >
> href="http://ntdev.microsoft.com">> href="http://ntdev.microsoft.com">ntdev.microsoft.com
> > >> 
> >
> >                                        >
> 
> href="http://dns.corp.microsoft.com">> href="http://dns.corp.microsoft.com">dns.corp.microsoft.com
> > 
> >>
> > >    System Quarantine State . . . . . : Not 
> Restricted
> > >>
> > >
> > >> > 
> Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network
> > Connection:
> > 
> >> >
> > >> >    Connection-specific
> > DNS 
> Suffix  . : >
> href="http://hsd1.wa.comcast.net">> href="http://hsd1.wa.comcast.net">hsd1.wa.comcast.net.
> > >> 
> >
> >   
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > 
> >>
> > >    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 
> Wireless WiFi
> >
> > >> > Link 4965AGN
> > 
> >> >    Physical Address. . . . . .
> > . . . : 
> 00-1D-E0-34-4F-6F
> > >> >    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . 
> .
> > . . : Yes
> > >> >    Autoconfiguration Enabled 
> . . . . :
> > Yes
> > >> >    Link-local IPv6 Address 
> . . . . . :
> >
> > >> > 
> fe80::4853:4753:9d8d:3b45%13(Preferred)
> > >> >
> > 
>  IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.195(Preferred)
> > 
> >>
> > >    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 
> 255.255.255.0
> > >> >
> >    Lease Obtained. . . . . 
> . . . . . : Monday, April 05, 2010
> > >>
> > > 
> 10:19:02 PM
> > >> >    Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . 
> :
> > Tuesday, April 06,
> > >> > 2010 10:19:02 
> PM
> > >> >
> >    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . 
> : 192.168.0.1
> > >> >    DHCP
> > Server . . . . . . 
> . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
> > >> >    DHCPv6 IAID
> > . 
> . . . . . . . . . . : 335551968
> > >> >    DHCPv6 Client 
> DUID. .
> > . . . . . . :
> > >> >
> > 
> 00-01-00-01-12-0C-E2-7A-00-1E-37-CC-8D-DD
> > >> >
> 
> > >>
> > >    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 
> 2001:df8:0:1::25
> > >>
> > >                         
>                192.168.0.1
> > >> >
> > 
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > >> 
> >
> >  NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
> > 
> >> >
> >
> > >> > -Dave
> > 
> >> >
> > >> > >
> > -----Original 
> Message-----
> > >> > > From: Hui Deng [mailto:> 
> ymailto="mailto:> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]"
> > 
> href="mailto:> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]">> ymailto="mailto:[e-mail]" 
> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]]
> > >> 
> >
> > > Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 7:40 PM
> > 
> >> > > To: Dan
> > Wing; Gabriel Montenegro; Dave 
> Thaler
> > >> > > Cc: > ymailto="mailto:> ymailto="mailto:[e-mail]" 
> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]"
> > href="mailto:> ymailto="mailto:[e-mail]" href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]">> ymailto="mailto:[e-mail]" 
> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]
> > >> > > 
> Subject:
> > Re: [mif] draft-ietf-mif-current-practices-00
> > 
> >> > >
> >
> > >> > > DNS server 
> always has specific interface related
> > information,
> > 
> >> > > but the final DNS server will still be
> > host 
> based, I
> > wouldn't say
> > >> it
> > 
> >> >
> > > is not correct.
> > >> > 
> >
> > >> > > one
> > example would be you have 
> internet connection and vpn
> > >>
> > 
> connection
> > >> > > at the same time,
> > 
> >> >
> > > good VPN implementation will always rely on VPN 
> DNS server
> > >>
> > > information
> > 
> >> > > for Internet connection.
> >
> > >> 
> > >
> > >> > > -Hui
> > >> 
> >
> > >
> > >> > > 2010/3/31 Dan Wing 
> <> ymailto="mailto:> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]"
> > href="mailto:> ymailto="mailto:[e-mail]" 
> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]">> ymailto="mailto:[e-mail]" 
> href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]>:
> > >> 
> >
> > > > Section 3.2.1.3 of describes the DNS 
> configuration
> > of
> > Windows,
> > >> 
> and
> > >> > > says:
> > >>
> > 
> > > >
> > >> > > >  "Interface specific 
> DNS
> > configuration can be input
> > via static
> > 
> >> > > >
> > configuration or via DHCP.  It 
> includes:
> > >> > > >
> >
> > 
> >> > > >   o  An interface-specific suffix list.
> > 
> >>
> > > > >
> > >> > > >   o  A 
> list of DNS server IP
> > addresses."
> > >> > > 
> >
> > >> > > > It
> > is curious that the 
> first bullet repeats "interface
> > >> >
> > 
> specific", but
> > >> > > the
> > >> > 
> > >
> > second bullet does not repeat it.  A reasonable
> 
> > interpretation
> > is
> > >> > > that 
> the
> > >> > > > second
> > bullet is not 
> interface-specific, but the
> > lead-in sentence
> >
> 
> > >> > > says this is
> > >> > > 
> >
> > interface-specific.  I was hoping
> > >> 
> >
> > draft-montenegro-mif-multihoming-00
> > >> > 
> > would
> >
> > >> > > > clarify, but it 
> doesn't.
> > >> > >
> > >
> > >> 
> > > > -d
> > >> > > >
> >
> > 
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