For the sake of a good discussion can we please have a
definition of "directory service" and "address
registry" to make sure we are all on the same page.
I think we will find that defining these may be the
issue, and this will clarify the discussion to
something that we can get our arms around.
Gabriel Landowski
Mindangle Consulting
--- "Durah, Kheder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Colleagues.
>
> This is my first transmission to IETF, and would
> like to second the fact
> that DNS is an address registry and not a directory
> service.
>
> RGDS
>
> Kheder Durah, Ph.D.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 7:16 PM
> To: Randy Bush
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Internationalization and the IETF
>
>
>
>
> As I recall, didn't we (members of the IETF list)
> almost have a holy (flame)
> war, about wheather DNS was a directory service
> about 6 months ago......
>
> Once more into the breech dear friends........ (with
> apologies to
> Shakespeare)
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Randy Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 12/08/2000 08:49:24 PM
>
> Sent by: Randy Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> To: Bill Manning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim
> Stephenson-Dunn/C/HQ/3Com)
> Subject: Re: Internationalization and the IETF
>
>
>
> > Buzzt. 1000 times on the chauk board:
> > The DNS is not a directory service...
>
> but it's an address registry?
>
>
>
>
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