For these sorts of discussions, use of DNS is usually meant as the
means of identify a particular server that, in turn, handles queries
about a /set of/ individuals. So the DNS does not, itself, handle a
full query.
That is, use of DNS is usually part of a two-stage discovery mechanism.
So, what is specifically meant for the discovery mechanism here?
Limited specificity; extensible stages. For example, using XRI we
might gateway (via fax machine) to a building with paper records,
where a living person retrieves them, scans them in, and digitally
signs the images before replying; this would be, to the requesting
party on the other end, a very high latency connection. There may be
other methods of discovery proposed later, where DNS is the first
stage but trust does not rely on it ;)
-Shade
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