If it doesn’t have a globally unique meaning, it doesn’t make sense to query the root for an answer.
What problem is trying to be solved? I suspect whatever the problem actually is, the answer will be something other than adding an unsecured delegation to the root zone. Steve > On Dec 14, 2016, at 12:07 PM, Ted Lemon <mel...@fugue.com> wrote: > > I hope it was obvious that I was pretty confident that you actually had a > reason. :) > > The issue what what you are saying is that sometimes it is technically > correct for a name to not be validatable. The reason we want an unsecured > delegation for .homenet is that .homenet can't be validated using the root > trust anchor, because the name is has no globally unique meaning. So the > reason that you've given doesn't apply to this case, although I completely > agree with your reason as it applies to the case of names that are globally > unique. > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Steve Crocker <st...@shinkuro.com > <mailto:st...@shinkuro.com>> wrote: > The latter. All DNS answers at all levels should be signed to assure the > querier of the integrity of the answer. This has been the goal and best > practice for a very long time. For example, it was the explicit objective of > the quote substantial DNSSEC effort funded by the US Dept of Homeland > Security starting in 2004. > > Within ICANN, in 2009 we made it a formal requirement of all new gTLDs must > be signed. The ccTLDs are not subject to ICANN rules but they have been > gradually moving toward signed status. Most of the major ccTLDs are signed > and many of the others are too. Detailed maps are created every week by ISOC. > > I will also try to contribute to the homenet mailing list. > > Steve > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 14, 2016, at 11:36 AM, Ted Lemon <mel...@fugue.com > <mailto:mel...@fugue.com>> wrote: > >> Is this a matter of religious conviction, or is there some issue with >> unsecured delegations in the root that you are assuming is so obvious that >> you don't need to tell us about it? :) >> >> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Steve Crocker <st...@shinkuro.com >> <mailto:st...@shinkuro.com>> wrote: >> I am strongly opposed to unsecured delegations in the root zone. No matter >> what the problem is, an unsecured delegation is not the answer. >> >> Steve >> >>> On Dec 14, 2016, at 11:11 AM, Suzanne Woolf <suzworldw...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:suzworldw...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> DNSOP participants who are interested in the special use names problem >>> might want to review draft-ietf-homenet-redact >>> (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-homenet-redact/ >>> <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-homenet-redact/>) and >>> draft-ietf-homenet-dot >>> (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-homenet-dot/ >>> <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-homenet-dot/>) for the WGLC on >>> them in the HOMENET wg. >>> >>> WGLC comments should go to the WG list, home...@ietf.org >>> <mailto:home...@ietf.org>. >>> >>> If you do, it will also be helpful to look at RFC 7788, which specifies the >>> Home Networking Control Protocol for homenets. >>> >>> The redact draft is intended to remove the inadvertent reservation of >>> “.home” as the default namespace for homenets in RFC 7788. >>> >>> The homenet-dot draft is intended to provide a request under RFC 6761 for >>> “.homenet” as a special use name to serve as a default namespace for >>> homenets. It also asks IANA for an unsecured delegation in the root zone to >>> avoid DNSSEC validation failures for local names under “.homenet”. The root >>> zone request to IANA has caused some discussion within the WG, as there’s >>> no precedent for such a request. >>> >>> Terry Manderson mentioned the homenet-dot draft briefly at the mic in >>> Seoul. >>> >>> The WGLC ends this week. >>> >>> >>> Suzanne >>> >>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>> >>>> From: Ray Bellis <r...@bellis.me.uk <mailto:r...@bellis.me.uk>> >>>> Subject: [homenet] WGLC on "redact" and "homenet-dot" >>>> Date: November 17, 2016 at 11:27:08 PM EST >>>> To: HOMENET <home...@ietf.org <mailto:home...@ietf.org>> >>>> >>>> This email commences a four week WGLC comment period on >>>> draft-ietf-homenet-redact and draft-ietf-homenet-dot >>>> >>>> Please send any comments to the WG list as soon as possible. >>>> >>>> Whilst there was a very strong hum in favour of ".homenet" vs anything >>>> else during the meeting, and there's some discussion of that ongoing >>>> here on the list - I'd like us to please keep the discussion of the >>>> choice of domain separate from other substantive comment about the >>>> drafts' contents. >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> >>>> Ray >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> homenet mailing list >>>> home...@ietf.org <mailto:home...@ietf.org> >>>> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet >>>> <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> DNSOP mailing list >>> DNSOP@ietf.org <mailto:DNSOP@ietf.org> >>> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop >>> <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> DNSOP mailing list >> DNSOP@ietf.org <mailto:DNSOP@ietf.org> >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop >> <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > DNSOP mailing list > DNSOP@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
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