Re: new port for DNS
Dirk.vanGulik (Dirk.vanGulik@jrc.it)
Mon, 19 Jun 1995 10:29:18 +0200
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 10:29:18 +0200
From: "Dirk.vanGulik" <Dirk.vanGulik@jrc.it>
Message-Id: <9506190829.AA01487@ jrc.it>
To: dupuy@smarts.com, uri@bunyip.com
Subject: Re: new port for DNS
Correct me if I am worg, but I strongly feel that this DNS
discussion could perhaps be sidestepped:
*WHEN* talking about a resolving mechanism, we want to resolve
a URN. In the DNS naming scheme we have a DNS name which specifies
the host which can resolve the URN for us.
So we have *TWO* tasks;
A resolving the host-name (through DNS)
B asking that host to resolve the URN.
Assume the <urn:dns:food.bar.eat.it:my.very.boring.doc.txt>
The existing dns system helps you to the IP address for food.bar.eat.it,
possibly by going al the way to a name server in the eat.it domain
which tells you the IP address.
With this IP address you start talking to the host at a certain well
known port which will resolve the 'my.very.boring.doc.txt' for you.
In short, with the DNS scheme (and any others IMHO) there is *no* need
for duplication the DNS resolving mechanism in the URN resolving
mechanism. We'll just be talking to *two* ports; one to get the hostname
to IP address which gets us the resolving host, and the other one
to resolve the actual URN.
Dirk-Willem van Gulik
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