The IPv6 Node Requirements is intended to document the minimal requirements
for an IPv6 node, and a DNS resolver is not one of those requirements.
You can have a perfectly-compliant IPv6 node that doesn't include any
DNS support.
If we start down the road of saying:
A node MUST include a DNS
My point was operational use not theoretical.
/jim
-Original Message-
From: Margaret Wasserman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 10:48 AM
To: Bound, Jim
Cc: Brian E Carpenter; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: 5.2 DNS [Re: Nodes Requirements Input
Pekka,
And one could do all this by using the current specs.
/jim
-Original Message-
From: Pekka Savola [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 1:26 AM
To: Bound, Jim
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
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Subject: RE: 5.2 DNS [Re
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Bound, Jim wrote:
- Node Reqs 3GPP services
- Node Database Services
- Node Requirements iSCSI/IP
Etc Etc.
The scope is to narrow currently.
Jim, I can see what you would like to do, but I don't
agree that this is possible. It is not possible to document
the requirements
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 06:45:25PM -0500, Bound, Jim wrote:
Agreed. But how can a node find an address without MUST DNS. The point
is that a requirement to use is based on the situation. My point last
night.
So can we simply add text to the draft to say just that?
Tim
Agreed. But how can a node find an address without MUST DNS. The point
is that a requirement to use is based on the situation. My point last
night.
/jim
-Original Message-
From: Brian E Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 4:45 PM
To: Bound, Jim
Jim,
Agreed. But how can a node find an address without MUST DNS. The point
is that a requirement to use is based on the situation. My point last
night.
The earlier drafts used different language to try to capture these
conditional requirements. The WG did not like the terms
John,
The earlier drafts used different language to try to capture
these conditional requirements. The WG did not like the
terms (Unconditionally Mandatory,
Conditionally Mandatory and Unconditionally Optional), so we
dropped them. There seemed to be comments that we should
stick to
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Bound, Jim wrote:
- Node Reqs 3GPP services
- Node Database Services
- Node Requirements iSCSI/IP
Etc Etc.
The scope is to narrow currently.
One would think that one could exercise own judgment and listen to the
customers (if applicable) when deciding which
