At 9:56 AM +0000 11/14/97, Dave Cridland wrote:
>There is a theoretical solution for (3), by using the
DNS Dynamic Update
>protocol, combined with the
dialup authentication layer. It's tricky, and I
>know of no provider offering such a service, but it is, in
theory, possible.
It is possible, but as you say, is not yet available, and is
unproven.
There may turn out to be timing holes and
scaling issues with it.
There are indeed timing holes in this solution while DNS updates. These
particularly affect clients when they have no mail to send but connect and
immediately issue ETRN.
I think the solution proposed in the draft is easier to
implement and
is safer. I'm happy to change my
mind if other solutions, such as
dynamic DNS etc.
become deployed. But I think we need something now
that works.
I agree, modulo the comments I made on the
draft.
-- jeff
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