On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 11:00:04AM -0800, David Conrad <d...@virtualized.org> wrote a message of 79 lines which said:
> If it isn't a DNS thing, then why is there a discussion of the > allocation of top-level _domains_? Because domain names and DNS are two different things. Domain names is a syntax and rules for registration. DNS is a protocol to find data from domain names. Domain names can be resolved with other protocols: HOSTS.TXT, LDAP, new-and-shiny-DHT, and many others. > If these applications aren't making use of the DNS, then why does > anyone care if they use something that looks like a domain name? It does not look like a domain name, it is a domain name. suw74isz7wqzpmgu.onion is a domain name, just like virtualized.org. > The issue here is that they are, in fact, using the DNS in the sense > that they are using applications that expect to query a local DNS > stub resolver No, no, no. Few applications query " a local DNS stub resolver" (dig is an exception). Most applications query a local name resolution service, through a library routine such as getaddrinfo. Unknown to the application, this name resolution service contracts to various resolution protocols, defined by the programmer and sometimes by the system administrator. _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
