Subject: RE: Summary RE: DNSEXT WGLC: DNSSEC Opt-in

From: "Hallam-Baker, Phillip" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 18:07:11 -0800

Brian,

	Ooops, Sorry about that, somehow I managed to get your name
attached to Paul Vixie's comments one of which is in the wrong column.

	Probably the DNS Directorate using their confusion ray ...

		Phill

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Wellington [mailto:[email-masked]]
> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 4:48 PM
> To: Hallam-Baker, Phillip
> Cc: 'Roy Arends'; Erik Nordmark; Ólafur Gudmundsson/DNSEXT co-chair;
> [email-masked]
> Subject: Re: Summary RE: DNSEXT WGLC: DNSSEC Opt-in
> 
> 
> On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:
> 
> > There were 27 messages in this thread from 10 distinct individuals.
> 
> I can't speak for anyone else, but I have problems with your analysis.
> > 
> > Q: Does this document satisfy people as being implement able and
> > testable
> > specification ?
> > 
> > Answers:
> > 	Kosters - Yes  [detailed response]
> > 	Loomis - I believe that the specification can be implemented and
> > tested.
> > 	Wellington - i believe that the current version of the
> > specification 
> > 		is complete.
> 
> I'm pretty sure I never said that.  I have implemented 
> opt-in, but am most 
> definitely not sure of its correctness and whether I missed 
> any corner 
> cases.
> 
> > Q: Are there implementations of opt-in and have there been 
> any tests ?
> > 
> > Answers:
> > 	Kosters - Yes [detailed response]
> > 	Austein - asked about resolver side implementations
> > 	Arends - Yes, Verisignlabs and ISC have auth.server
> > implementations, 
> > 		ISC has a resolver implementation.
> > 	Nordmark - Does this mean that there is a caching resolver 
> > 		implementation that has been tested? 
> > 	Arends - I don't have material on how thorough the caching
> > resolver 
> > 		implementation has been tested.
> > 	Wellington - yes.
> 
> There are two questions here, and 'yes' implies yes to both.  
> Yes, there 
> are implementations.  No, I have never tested them and do not 
> know the 
> results of any tests that have been performed.
> 
> > In addition there were responses on the question of advancement
> > 
> > 	Hallam-Baker - It should advance
> > 	Vixie - dunno.  but in any case i am strongly in favour of it
> > 	Conrad - To be perfectly honest, I no longer care 
> > 	Wellington - yes.  (notes to be posted here shortly, so they
> > tell me.)
> 
> You've got to be kidding me.  I have never supported the 
> advancement of 
> opt-in.  I don't know what notes these are, since I haven't 
> publicly said 
> anything about opt-in in the last 6 months.
> 
> Check your facts before putting words in other people's mouths.
> 
> Brian
>