[dns-wg] Fwd: [enum-wg] Tier-2 provisioning: NS vs CNAME/DNAME

On 15 Jul 2004, at 11:07, Jim Reid wrote:

> And it will
> make DNSSEC deployment (hah!) much harder because the parent can't
> secure any delegations with DS records because there are no proper
> delegations.

So, we'd better make sure our trial doesn't take longer than six months 
?
8-)

Seriously, though, this is something I need to avoid losing sight of.
Thanks.

> DNAME is even worse because there are plenty of name
> servers and resolvers out there that don't understand this RR.

This also. thanks again.

> It's
> not impossible that some applications will get upset if they get
> CNAME-like referrals to their lookups when they only expected to get
> NAPTR RRs or conventional referrals. For instance think of someone who
> writes a minimal ENUM-aware resolver as a Java applet for their mobile
> phone.

Nobody with significant market share would be involved in inflicting
such a broken application on the unsuspecting customers, would they ?
8-)

Best regards,

Niall O'Reilly
UCD Computing Services