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diff --git a/draft-schanzen-gns.xml b/draft-schanzen-gns.xml index 379c569..8e463ac 100644 --- a/draft-schanzen-gns.xml +++ b/draft-schanzen-gns.xml @@ -230,10 +230,11 @@ <xref target="Unicode-UTS46"/>. A GNS name may be indistinguishable from a DNS name and care must be taken by applications and implementors when handling GNS names - (see <xref target="namespace_ambiguity"/>). In the spirit of - <xref target="I-D.ietf-dnsop-alt-tld"/>, this draft uses the suffix - ".gns.alt" in examples and reserves it in the GANA ".alt Subdomains" - registry <xref target="GANA"/>. + (see <xref target="namespace_ambiguity"/>). + In order to avoid misinterpretation of example domains with (reserved) + DNS domains this draft uses the suffix ".gns.alt" in examples which + is also registered in the GANA ".alt Subdomains" registry + <xref target="GANA"/> (see also <xref target="I-D.ietf-dnsop-alt-tld"/>). </dd> <dt>Resolver</dt> <dd> @@ -2821,17 +2822,13 @@ NICK: john (Supplemental) precedence and is integrated with the system resolver implementation. </t> <t> - This draft creates a <xref target="GANA"/> registry - for subdomains under - the special-use top-level domain ".alt" <xref target="I-D.ietf-dnsop-alt-tld"/> - in <xref target="gana"/>, and within it registers the subdomain ".gns.alt" for use with GNS in particular. - Groups wishing to create new alternative - namespaces that can be resolved using GNS <bcp14>SHOULD</bcp14> create their - alternative namespace under a label that names their namespace under - the ".gns.alt" pseudo-TLD. - The use of the suffix ".gns.alt" in local suffix-to-zone mappings is - <bcp14>RECOMMENDED</bcp14> in order to address the issues raised - above. + For use cases where GNS names may be confused with names + of other name resolution mechanisms (in particular DNS), the + ".gns.alt" domain <bcp14>SHOULD</bcp14> be used. + For use cases like implementing sinkholes to block + malware sites or serving DNS domains via GNS to bypass censorship, + GNS <bcp14>MAY</bcp14> be deliberately used in ways that interfere + with resolution of another name system. </t> </section> </section> |