Shepherd writeup for draft-faltstrom-uri
1. Summary
Paul Hoffman is the document shepherd, and Pete Resnick is the responsible Area
Director.
This document defines a new DNS resource record type for publishing mappings
from hostnames to URIs. In addtion, the document updates RFCs 3404 and 3958,
which relate to the Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS). The new
resource record has a simple resource record data format which has a numeric
priority, numeric weight, and a target URI/IRI.
2. Review and Consensus
The document was discussed briefly in the Apps Area WG and the DNSOP WG, and
the now-closed DNSEXT WG, with no significant objections. The registration for
the new resource record type was already approved by the expert reviewer a few
years ago.
During IETF Last Call, some commenters wanted the Security Considerations
section beefed up to indicate problems with using the URI with security-aware
protocols that expected to match the host name with the one extracted from the
URI in the new type. Also, there were questions about the need to update the
definitions for NAPTR records. The authors dealt with both of these issues in
the -12 version of the draft.
3. Intellectual Property
Both authors have stated that they do not know of any relevant IPR for this
document.
4. Other Points
The draft is pretty simple, and has been rolling around for many years with
only minor modifications. It is already implemented in some widely-used DNS
software.