Re: Using DNS for SSM

[Dino Farinacci <dino@procket.com>]

>> My reading of Toerless's message was that he was questioning the "need" at 
>> least as much as the "urgency".

    Here's a basic need which I think would make managing multicast networks
    one step easier:

	mtrace radio.example.com

>> As Toerless noted, knowing a SSM channel address (S,G) alone doesn't tell 
>> you much.  In order to be able to usefully receive the session, you still 

    Right, so what's your point. Did you think the DNS was suppose to solve 
    that?

    It's hard enough to remember source and group addresses when debugging
    problems in the network infrastructure without adding any more issues
    to the problem statement.

    Just the fact a network operator can ask over the phone, "what are you
    trying to get to and who are you?", and the answer is radio.example.com and
    customer.broken-dsl.com, would allow the netadmin to do:

        mtrace radio.example.com customer.broken-dsl.com

    would go a long way to isolating problems from the NOC.

Dino