On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 08:21:14PM +0000, Warren Kumari wrote:
> <with no hats at all>
> Interestingly enough, Steve Sheng and I wrote just such a document a
> number of years ago (around the time of the initial name-collisions
> drama). Even though I'm 95% sure it included the phrase "tilting at
> windmills" my search foo fails me at the moment... but it basically
> deprecated search list processing in the DNS.
> There are many things which would be safer, less complex, and safer if
> search lists didn't exist -- would people be interested in discussing
> the idea, or is it just too out there?
> </hats>
FWIW, I am having no success at all convincing anyone when grumbling
about all the truncated names in URLs (that rely on search lists)
at current place of work. And, sadly, I don't think it is especially
atypical...
--
Viktor.
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