RE: [sitefinder-tech-discuss] Technical issues encountered by a k 12 site

["Hollenbeck, Scott" <shollenbeck@verisign.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Newton [mailto:anewton@verisignlabs.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 12:12 AM
> To: John Kinsella
> Cc: sitefinder-tech-discuss@lists.elistx.com
> Subject: Re: [sitefinder-tech-discuss] Technical issues 
> encountered by a k12 site
> 
> 
> John Kinsella wrote:
> > 
> > I look forward to reviewing Verisign's proposals for 
> modifying the various
> > RFCs Verisign has broken.
> 
> Which RFC's do you feel need modification?

Before answering Andy's question you might wish to read what the Internet
Architecture Board (IAB) had to say about DNS wildcards and protocol
conformance:

http://www.iab.org/documents/docs/2003-09-20-dns-wildcards.html

Look for the words "this was a legitimate use of wildcard records that did
not in any way violate the DNS specifications themselves".

I'm not trying to suggest that there aren't issues.  My point is that the
IAB has already confirmed that RFC conformance isn't an issue, so it's not
productive to debate whether or not RFCs have been "broken".

-Scott-
(one of the VeriSign technical people)