Andrew Sullivan wrote: >> the DNS and won't discover anything about the DNS that can't be had >> via getaddrinfo() until long after its too late redefine the protocol >> in terms of seeking SRV records. > > Oh, sure, I get that. One of the problems I've had with the "end to > end NAT" argument is exactly that I can't see how it's any more > deployable than IPv6, for exactly this reason.
The easiest part of the deployment is to modify end systems. > Because of the 20-year problem, I think now > would be an excellent time to start thinking about how to make usable > all those nice features we already have in the DNS. Apple did it. See RFC6281. Masataka Ohta