I propose that we expand DNS functionality at the user end so that they can realistically control access in a multi-furcated DNS environment. One approach would be similar to a search engine. My understanding is that most DNS servers listed in consumer PC IP stacks are configured to "authoritative." Once a user's SW searches one it assumes that's all the resolutions available for the searched string and only if the first choice isn't responding does it search another in the last. What if the user's SW ignored the "authoritative" setting and continued to search the remaining DSN servers in its list? If duplicates were found it would provide the DNS server identity which resolved each, perhaps in a drop down menu, and the user could select the one desired. It may be that additional information is desirable to enable that decision and this could be part of an expansion to the DNS RFCs. steve
