Re: [weirds] Query Parameters

[Eric Brunner-Williams <[e-mail]>]

On 5/4/12 10:23 AM, Hollenbeck, Scott wrote:
> It would be very helpful to identify the query parameters that registries and registrars currently support.

c: have you got any jacks?
s: go fish.

in the conficker .C scenario, it was useful to ask "have you got any
of {enumerated set of strings}?" as the set was algorithmically
generated, the query could have been "if you have, or when you have,
an instance of an algorithm of interest registered, or presented to be
registered, do something." this was done out of band, manually.

for instances of distributed systems with automated rendezvous point
generation, for which the system can be caused to fail, or at least
stall on resource wait, a query on a static enumerated identifier set,
or an algorithm to produce a dynamic enumerated identifier set,
appears (to me) to be useful, in theory.

there are a bunch more use cases to scratch out, from
names-containing-nike to addresses-in-botc&c-block, etc.

scott's got an idea, document what exists.

i've another. document what is advisable for operators (this assumes
that some operators will adopt advice, which in turn assumes that some
operators will use platform resources other than those which now
exist) for their use case.

as no one is asking complex questions of gtld registries with
restrictions on registrations, e.g., aero, coop, museum, cat, and
perhaps others, there isn't a lot of search term relevant advice to
offer. as lots of queries are generated daily asking complex questions
of gtld registries with no restrictions on registrations, e.g., com,
net, org, biz, info, and perhaps others, there is some search term
relevant advice to offer.

-e