On 2/15/2014 11:15 PM, Patrik Fältström wrote:
The largest problem for IETF and DNS innovation is that the consensus in
IETF seems to be that innovation of DNS is not possible unless it
involves reuse of the TXT resource record.
That assertion is quite wrong on both process and technical grounds
Process:
There is certainly a long history of very strong resistance from a
core group of DNS advocates in the IETF; and yes, there is an IAB report
that doesn't like TXT usage.
But there is also a long history of other folk adding DNS usage in
spite of that.
So a casual claim of "IETF consensus" is simply false.
Technical:
The use of underscore-based naming variations has provided an
easy, efficient and safe means of eliminating TXT usage ambiguity. By
way of examples, note the SRV record and DKIM, but there are others.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net
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