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Re: [Per-Entity] distribution of aggregate metadata


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  • From: Jorj Bauer <>
  • To: "Cantor, Scott" <>
  • Cc: "Walter Forbes Hoehn (wassa)" <>, Scott Koranda <>, Tom Scavo <>, Nick Roy <>, Chris Phillips <>, Per-Entity Metadata Working Group <>
  • Subject: Re: [Per-Entity] distribution of aggregate metadata
  • Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 16:14:28 -0400
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Which leads me to git clone, fork.

If DNS has most of the characteristics of what we want, why aren't we
starting from "act like DNS but for different payloads"?

The attempt to stand the architecture on its head is, IMO, a useful exercise
to see if it makes sense. I just keep coming back to "this looks like a
problem DNS solved."

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 11, 2016, at 16:10, Cantor, Scott
<>
wrote:

>> This all sounds a whole lot like reinventing DNS.
>
> It is. Because DNS admins refuse to let people put things into DNS. QED.
>
> s/DNS/LDAP and you learn why SAML exists.
>
> When you operate a service with the overarching goal of keeping it reliable
> by preventing people from using it, you get your sysadmin certification.
>
> -- Scott
>



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