Re: IANA considerations update for NETCONF protocol draft

["Tom Petch" <nwnetworks@dial.pipex.com>]

From: "Randy Presuhn" <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com>
To: "netconf" <netconf@ops.ietf.org>
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 2:42 AM
Subject: Re: IANA considerations update for NETCONF protocol draft


> Hi -
>
> > From: "McDonald, Ira" <imcdonald@sharplabs.com>
> > To: "'Andy Bierman'" <ietf@andybierman.com>; "Rob Enns" <rpe@juniper.net>
> > Cc: "Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" <bwijnen@lucent.com>; <netconf@ops.ietf.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 3:37 PM
> > Subject: RE: IANA considerations update for NETCONF protocol draft
> ...
> > Instead, simply specify that Enterprise Capabilities MUST choose a
> > _durable_ globally unique URI within one of the registered DNS domains
> > for that enterprise (i.e., using GUIDs based on MAC address is NOT
> > allowed).
> ...

> What happens when that domain name is recycled?  (E.g., the company
> is swallowed by another, the domain registration is allowed to lapse,
> and some other orgnaization starts using it for thir own URIs.)
>
> Randy
>

Then we should have used URN 'which are required to remain globally unique
   and persistent even when the resource ceases to exist or becomes unavailable'
[RFC3986]

Not sure that it is worth it though.

Tom Petch


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