On Dec 14, 2022, at 05:37, Martin Schanzenbach <mschanzenb...@posteo.de> wrote: > > > I think my main issue is the word "wholly". > The developer cannot be "wholly" responsible. > I can choose a label (e.g. "foo.alt") that is not already taken right > now. > But I cannot really do anything if somebody else comes along and uses > the same label. It is not my responsibility to mitigate the emerging > collisions. Or how is it expected that I do that? Change my design? > Bribe the other group?
If this is your concern, anchor your alternative space into a DNS namespace. If you want to be able to pick any string, it’s only fair others can do the same. Ones reaps what one sows. > "bob.foo.alt" still squarely falls into "my" namespace It is indeed not “yours”. If you want a unique name solely belonging to you, you have to play with the rules set out for those. Paul _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop