Message-Id: <9404071511.AA13038@expresso.bunyip.com>
From: Peter Deutsch <peterd@bunyip.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 10:11:00 -0500
In-Reply-To: Keith Moore's message as of Apr 6, 22:00
To: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>
Subject: Re: Seattle minutes
Hi Keith,
[ You wrote: ]
> Peter --
. . .
> The real problem with providing a URN->URL translation service is making
> sure that the service is scalable and that the data provided by the
> service is kept up-to-date.
Hear, hear. Note that we're now talking about operational
issues as much as architecture, which leads me to my next point...
> I agree that a single protocol should suffice, though I would
> prefer something with less packet overhead than whois++.
> (i.e. UDP rather than TCP)
It would probably be nice to have only a single protocol,
although I don't see it as an absolute necessity at this
point. Certainly a UDP-based solution would be a win,
assuming we're going to be doing lots of queries (which I
would agree is a safe assumption in the long run). My
point was only that it's time we had some operational
experience with these things and the way to do that is to
take the tools at hand and put up some data. I think
WHOIS++ is far enough along, and is simple enough, to
serve a role here, but it wouldn't hurt my feelings if
others used something else. I'm just arguing for some
experimentation.
I recognize the danger that what we mock up becomes the
deployed system, but I think it's worth the risk at this
point.
- peterd
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