Paul Hoffman <paul.hoff...@vpnc.org> wrote: > On 22 Dec 2015, at 19:58, Paul Vixie wrote: > > On Tuesday, December 22, 2015 11:00:22 AM Tony Finch wrote: > > > > > > So another way of phrasing my previous message is that DNS-over-HTTP ought > > > to be "just" a mapping from DNS messages to HTTP messages. > > > > i agree. the only specification matter is the transform between > > message formats. there's no reason to talk about transport at all. > > -1. The IETF has a decade-old rule that you cannot just say "send stuff over > HTTP" without considering the HTTP-specific semantics.
Isn't that what mapping from DNS messages to HTTP messages means? I completely agree that the spec must to consider the HTTP-specific semantics and Paul's comments about cache-friendliness [1] imply the same, so I think you are disagreeing with something we didn't intend to say. [1] http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/dnsop/current/msg16330.html Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ Northwest Faeroes, Southeast Iceland: Westerly 7 to severe gale 9, becoming cyclonic gale 8 to storm 10 later. Very rough or high. Rain or wintry showers. Good, occasionally poor. _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
