[Ietf-not43] oss implementation release

[Ted Hardie]

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> 
> 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).  

Hey, there's a reason I said "lame example".  I don't intend
in the example to describe a thought-out,standard convention
for how to generate referrals; just clarify any mudiness
in my language on the "policy" problem statement. 

> 
> 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.

It is currently in the requirements, section 4.2. and 4.3:

4.2 Referrals

   To distribute queries for search continuations and to issue entity
   references, the service MUST provide a referral mechanism.

4.3 Common Referral Mechanism

   To distribute queries for search continuation and to issue entity
   refences, the service MUST define a common referral scheme and
   syntax.

I assume that defining a common referral scheme and syntax is part of
the protocol work on our plate.  Are you proposing we strike these
requirements?



> 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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> Leslie Daigle
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