Hi Ray, > -----Original Message----- > From: ext Ray Bellis [mailto:ray.bel...@nominet.org.uk] > Sent: 19. lokakuuta 2011 13:40 > To: Savolainen Teemu (Nokia-CTO/Tampere) > Cc: <denghu...@hotmail.com>; <m...@ietf.org>; <dns...@ietf.org>; > <dnsop@ietf.org>; <dh...@ietf.org>; <p...@isoc.de>; > <john_brzozow...@cable.comcast.com> > Subject: Re: [dnsext] [mif] 2nd Last Call for MIF DNS server selection > document > > I have concerns about §4.6: > > "A bare name (a name without any dots) MUST be first treated as a pre- DNS > hostname, and only after that the name SHALL be appended with domain > information and described DNS server selection logic be utilized." > > When new gTLDs are introduced it is likely for brand-name gTLDs that they > will wish to use bare names in the DNS (i.e. a single label hostname) for their > primary web sites. > > Hence bare names may become much more frequently used as DNS names, > and §4.6 wouldn't permit those to work unless '.' is also in the suffix list. > > I'd like to hear the authors' thoughts on these. I'm not sure that this draft > necessarily needs any significant changes - it may only require changes to > ensure that bare names are also considered as potential DNS names in their > own right.
Okay, I understand there is no clear consensus yet how these single label
names should be handled by the resolvers at the first place? Should resolver
first treat them as pre-DNS hostnames, then as DNS hostnames, and then try
search list? The DNS server selection logic would be applied already when
resolving single label name, i.e. the network could provide a single label
domain "brand" in the domains list.
Maybe section 4.6 could be like this, perhaps (changes in second paragraph
and title)?
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4.6. Interactions with DNS search lists and single label hostnames
A node may be configured with DNS search list by DHCPv6
OPTION_DOMAIN_LIST [RFC3646] or DHCPv4 Domain Search Option
[RFC3397].
A bare name (a name without any dots) MUST be first treated as a pre-
DNS hostname, after which resolution of the name SHALL be attempted
with DNS, and as a last resort the name SHALL be appended with
domain information. DNS server selection logic SHALL be
utilized for both of the latter two DNS using methods.
Resolution for the name containing any dots SHOULD first be attempted
with DNS servers of all interfaces. Only if the resolution fails the
node SHOULD append the name with search list domain(s) and then again
utilize improved DNS server selection algorithm to decide which DNS
server(s) to contact.
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Best regards,
Teemu
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