[Ietf-not43] oss implementation release

[Leslie Daigle]

FWIW, I don't personally think that a global whois-like
service would be successful with such an apparently ad hoc
regime of referrals (cf your example below).  

To have a useful *service*, I think there would have to
be thought-out, standard conventions for how to generate
referrals, and/or do query distribution.

What I was attempting to say earlier was that I don't
think this is a protocol thing.

It's not entirely clear to me if it would be part of this WG.

Leslie.

Ted Hardie wrote:
> Lame example:
> 
> Rick, Leslie, and I are part of a CRISP service mesh of operators.
> Andy asks me for info on domain "example.tld"; I have no info on this
> domain, as I am not a registrar or registry for .tld.  I do have
> internal configuration parameters that indicate Leslie is a registrar
> for .tld and I give a referral to Leslie.  Leslie is not the registrar
> for example.tld, but, as a registrar for .tld, she knows that Rick is
> the registrar for example.tld and gives a referral to Rick.  Andy asks
> Rick for info on example.tld; the answer he gets will depend on the
> policy of Rick's service for queries received with the credentials
> supplied by Andy.  If Andy supplies no credentials, Rick's service may
> reply something like: I do know, but I won't tell you (. | until you
> provide me with credentials | until my load is lower )


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