[13288] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: moving to IPv6
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jerry Scharf)
Sat Nov 1 15:39:59 1997
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 01 Nov 1997 11:55:00 PST."
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Date: Sat, 01 Nov 1997 12:34:09 -0800
From: Jerry Scharf <scharf@vix.com>
> if global name to 'address' resolution is desired, then the directory
> mechanism protocols, currently dns, need to be translated at address
> and/or name domain boundaries. some nats currently do this.
You opened it, so I can't resist. What happens to Secure DNS in this case? The
whole idea of "tracable to the root" signing goes out the window in this case.
>
> are there other protocols/data which *must* be translated at boundaries?
> should kink such as cuseeme be left to die?
(Rotting in steaming piles on the shoulder of the information superhighway?)
I think these protocols will need to be fixed or only run in limited areas of
the Internet.
>
> randy
jerry
