[asterisk-dev] ENUM changes: discussion

[Mark Elkins]

On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 20:44 -0800, John Todd wrote:
> I saw the changes to the ENUMLOOKUP function below, and one of them 
> raises a question in my mind.  It seems to be going backwards to 
> continue using the "enum.conf" file when this is easily specified in 
> the function call itself, or assuming the "default" of e164.arpa. 
> The RFC for ENUM describes e164.arpa as the "only" ENUM suffix, so 
> while I don't agree that it is the "only" suffix that is useful for 
> ENUM lookups, having it as a default seems perfectly reasonable.

The RFC may state that e164.arpa is the one and only suffix - but in the
real world - we need alternatives. For example - how many countries
(governments?) are even aware that e164 exists? Certainly in South
Africa - ICASA (the regulator) is aware of e164 - but does nothing.
Meanwhile, there are a few thousand entries in e164.org for South
Africa.

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