Re: Using DNS for SSM

[Dino Farinacci <dino@procket.com>]

>> I've just submitted a draft which I think the SSM working group should be
>> interested in.  It can be found at:
>> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-schoch-dns-ssm-00.txt

    An even simpler approach would be to have DNS records like:

        radio.example.com  AA     10.1.1.1.232.1.1.1

    then 1) the application has the complete channel address for IGMPv3, and 2)
    you don't have to require application semantics for a DNS name.

    And we have existence proofs that adding new record types to DNS 
    (particularly simple ones) is not too much effort.

Dino