Subject: Re: [OSPF] Last Call: draft-ietf-ospf-dynamic-hostname (Dynamic Hostname Exchange Mechanism for OSPF) to Proposed Standard

From: Mitchell Erblich <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:06:53 -0700

Group,

	Here are a few stupid/nit questions,

		1) What do you do with host naming collisions?

		2) Is a blank "string" blank equal to a "string"?

		3) Is the hostname case sensitive?

		4) Since the hostnames are "human readable", would
		    a backspace within the name make logical sense?
		
		5) Don't some system implement x chars per tab,
		    then how do we show a consistent hostname?

		6) If bell is included, does the system need to create
		    a sound each time the name is displayed?

		7) If the router is localized to a different country, wouldn't
		    a logical hostname representation be able to support
		    multi-character and multi-byte foreign languages?

		8) Underline support?

		Thus, IMO, someone needs to re-write part of this to equal
		http(s) URL type representation? or only alphanumeric chars

		And specify some sort of left/right printing justification and
		a way to deal with non printable chars..

		Mitchell Erblich
		===================

On Jun 2, 2009, at 2:37 PM, The IESG wrote:

> The IESG has received a request from the Open Shortest Path First  
> IGP WG
> (ospf) to consider the following document:
>
> - 'Dynamic Hostname Exchange Mechanism for OSPF '
>   <draft-ietf-ospf-dynamic-hostname-03.txt> as a Proposed Standard
>
> The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
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