Re: [netmod] rfc6991bis: inet:host

Tom,

my understanding is that Lada is now proposing something slightly
different but I am not sure what exactly, hence I asked again.

/js

On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 09:54:00AM +0000, tom petch wrote:
> From: netmod <netmod-bounces@ietf.org> on behalf of Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de>
> Sent: 21 July 2020 20:44
> 
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 11:04:55AM +0200, Ladislav Lhotka wrote:
> > Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de> writes:
> >
> > >   - Lada suggested to replace the inet:domain-name usage in
> > >     the union with a new host-name definition that follows
> > >     the NR-LDH definition in RFC 5890.
> > >
> > >   - Unclear which problem is fixed and how this works from a
> > >     backwards compatibility perspective.
> > >
> > >   - See the thread '6991bis: host' in your private list archive
> > >     (I can't find it in the IETF archive)
> 
> Try the NETMOD WG list archive 21 July 2019
> 
> Tom Petch
> 
> > >
> > >   - I can't tell for sure that Lada's proposal is (i) correct and (ii)
> > >     not breaking anything
> > >
> > >   - Proposal: ?
> >
> > Maybe it is better to basically keep the existing inet:domain name for use e.g. in host names that appear in all kinds of non-DNS configuration, and leave the definition of a domain name type appropriate for use in DNS zone data etc. to DNSOP WG.
> >
> > So my proposal is to only modify the description accordingly, and in particular remove the comment about the use in A/AAAA/SRV resource records, because the existing type isn't really suitable for this purpose.
> >
> 
> Can you please send OLD NEW text? I do not really see what needs
> changes. Note that this type definition gets tweaked everytime by IESG
> members as well.
> 
> /js
> 
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