In a message written on Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 08:25:28PM -0500, Jimmy Hess wrote: > Perhaps we could get an update to the relevant RFCs.. clarifying that > only NS records may be dotless in the root namespace? > > As in -- No hostnames A, MX, or CNAME at the TLD level.
I suspect some are already eyeing competitive advantage here. After
all, if the root can return your A (MX, CNAME, TXT, RP, whatever)
you are guaranteed one DNS query to resolve your name, one RTT to
a DNS server, etc. Given the roots are well distributed, with
several massively anycasted.....
Shaving a DNS lookup or two every now and then is key to some peoples
business models.
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