Message-Id: <199404070200.WAA28357@wilma.cs.utk.edu>
From: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>
To: Peter Deutsch <peterd@bunyip.com>
Subject: Re: Seattle minutes
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 06 Apr 1994 15:29:52 CDT."
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Date: Wed, 06 Apr 1994 22:00:31 -0400
Peter --
I agree that the hard part of doing URN->URL translation is not in
defining the protocol. I personally don't think it's very difficult
to find an appropriate server, so long as we can use DNS as a starting
point.
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.
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)
Whois++ should be fine for URCs (whatever they turn out to be.)
Keith