>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.
Yes, sort of. The consensus in one part of the IETF is that adding new RR types is too hard due to DNS server upgrades and particularly to the web crudware that most people use to provision their DNS. The consensus in another part of the IETF is that adding new RR types is trivial, and anyone who thinks otherwise is stupid. (I oversimplify but not by much.) I've had a draft kicking around for a while, with recent additions from Vixie, of an RR config language to allow the DNS to be largely self-describing, with most new RR types having names and formats published in a well known place so the servers and crudware can handle new RRs without software upgrades (after a one-off upgrade to handle the config language itself) or config changes. The responses to the draft have been most educational. R's, John _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
