Re: [dnsext] request to adopt draft-andrews-dnsext-expire-00.txt

[Jim Reid <jim@rfc1035.com>]

On Nov 19, 2008, at 16:52, Mark Andrews wrote:

> 	As per the chairs' instructions, this is a request for
> 	dnsext to adopt draft-andrews-dnsext-expire-00.txt as a wg
> 	item.

I think this draft should not go forward as a WG item. Sorry Mark. IMO  
it is a bad idea to change the protocol because of foolish, easily  
avoided, administrator mistakes. [What next, we tweak the protocol to  
cope with forwarding loops in resolvers?] If people do dumb things,  
they need to realise their actions have consequences. That said, I  
would support a BCP which says things like "don't set up stupid  
transfer graphs and here's what sort of nastiness can occur when these  
are used". Though this won't get read by the DNS admins who do silly  
things.

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