> > Are the apps for which IPv6 is enabled that -can not- > > use address literals? If so, then Steve is wrong and > > the DNS has become critical infrastructure to the working > > of the Internet. > > anyone who believes that the DNS is not critical infrastructure for just > about every single purpose the Internet is used for is either living in a > fantasy world or has redefined the "Internet" to be something that's > strictly at layer 3 and below.
agreed. but there's a difference between saying that DNS is critical infrastructure and that it's appropriate to use DNS every time an address is needed. DNS is necessary, not sufficient. Keith
