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Re: #1047 Path field delimiters and syntax - status




--On fredag, september 09, 2005 13:45:05 +0000 Charles Lindsey <chl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I think you're missing here a FQDN not associated with any of these,
possibly not even existing according to DNS, but within "your" sphere of
 administration - that is, a FQDN which "you" could make exist or
associate   with one of the above, but haven't.


I don't think I would really like that usage, but it could be written into
Case 1 if people want it so.

I think you can make that a Case 2; given that your previous case 2 should disappear, the number's free.

There's tradition for using DNS names like that - in another discussion, I got the following piece quoted at me from RFC 2486, Section 6:

  NAI realm names are required to be unique and the rights to use a
  given NAI realm for roaming purposes are obtained coincident with
  acquiring the rights to use a particular fully qualified domain name
  (FQDN).  Those wishing to use an NAI realm name should first acquire
  the rights to use the corresponding FQDN. Using an NAI realm without
  ownership of the corresponding FQDN creates the possibility of
  conflict and therefore is to be discouraged.

(NAIs are the things that look just like email addresses but aren't - they are used as principal identifiers in some VPN authentication schemes).