[dns-wg] Re: [db-wg] Proposal to Change the Dash ('-') Notation in Reverse DOMAIN Objects

Hi,

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 10:15:27PM +0900, Randy Bush wrote:
> > I'm not exactly sure why we want to support 
> > 
> >   mycroft-jones.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa
> > 
> > in the RIPE DNS tools... or maybe I am misunderstanding something now,
> > but this whole apparatus is to automate delegation of *reverse* zones,
> > and those usually don't consist of people's surnames.
> 
> and the zones do not consist of 120-127.42.66.in-addr.arpa either.
> 
> the hyphen syntax is a macro in a language that is not in the dns.  therefor
> that it is not acceptable dns syntax is not relevant.

So what exactly would be the benefit of delegating all names from
"mycroft" to "jones" with this mechanism?

Gert Doering
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