> If the real reason for this draft is to set conformance levels for 
> DNSSEC (something that I strongly support), then it should be a one-page 
> RFC that says "This document defines DNSSEC as these RFCs, and 
> implementations 
> MUST support these elements of that IANA registry". Then, someone can conform 
> or not conform to that very concise RFC. As the conformance requirements 
> change, the original RFC can be obsoleted by new ones. That's how the IETF 
> has always done it; what is the problem with doing it here?

Second that. Let's not overload the registry. As Edward Lewis wrote in another 
message, "The job of a registry is to maintain the association of objects with 
identities." If the WG wants to specify mandatory-to-implement functions or 
algorithms, the proper tool is to write an RFC.

-- Christian Huitema


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