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RE: please put a subject

2002-07-26 12:30:12
Do you believe there is a difference between virus infected mail and a
thread that is focused on multiple dns roots? 

Tony

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org [mailto:owner-ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org] 
On 
Behalf Of Steven Garrett
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 10:49 AM
To: 'Keith Moore'; richard(_at_)vrx(_dot_)net
Cc: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org; steflist(_at_)thor(_dot_)nma(_dot_)com; 
brian(_at_)reid(_dot_)org; 
john(_at_)johnberryhill(_dot_)com
Subject: please put a subject


Hi,

If its not too big of a hassle, could you please put a 
subject in the subject line.  Many of us have mail that does 
not have a subject line filtered out with anti-virus software, etc.

Thank you

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Moore [mailto:moore(_at_)cs(_dot_)utk(_dot_)edu]
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 1:42 PM
To: richard(_at_)vrx(_dot_)net
Cc: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org; steflist(_at_)thor(_dot_)nma(_dot_)com; 
brian(_at_)reid(_dot_)org; 
john(_at_)johnberryhill(_dot_)com
Subject: 


Keith Moore <moore(_at_)cs(_dot_)utk(_dot_)edu>:
"alternate DNS roots" aren't part of DNS.  if someone wants to 
propose a URN based on a DNS-like system with its own root 
zone, they're free
to do so and see if they can get support for it.   For 
that matter if
someone wants to propose a URN based on some other naming 
system that 
doesn't look like DNS they're free to do that also.

But trying to make "alternate DNS roots" fit into a DNS 
URI scheme is 
like trying to make OIDs or some other naming scheme fit into a DNS
URI scheme.   We don't need to do that - there's a 
separate scheme for
OIDs.  And trying to do so would make DNS URIs far more 
complex than 
they need to be -  for no real benefit.  For instance, how do you 
assign names to the alternate roots?

By specifying the root name as a prefix?

great.  then people can start arguing about who gets to maintain the
set of names for ... er...  what were formally known as roots.   
most of us have better things to do with our time.

I agree that alternate roots are not part of DNS as long as you 
contrain your universe to be the ICANN/USG published set of 
DNS names, 
but there are other things floating around the net that do 
use the DNS 
protocols and do resolve names for people who choose to use them.

there are other protocols on the net than those defined by 
IETF standards, too.  the fact that they exist does not 
compel IETF to endorse them.

Keith




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