Re: DNS protocol religion

Jim Reid <[email protected]> Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:55:33 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.ietf.enum
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On Dec 12, 2007, at 15:01, Otmar Lendl wrote:

> Have we now reached the point where we should stop fiddling with the
> DNS protocol

Yes. The dnsext WG has gone to sleep and may never wake up. So, for  
the moment at least, it's time to stop fiddling with the DNS protocol.

> and should instead look for a directory lookup protocol
> which was designed from the beginning to support authenticated and
> complex queries returning structured data?

No. There are plenty of these already: LDAP, X.500, etc, etc. Why add  
another one? It'll only be as successful as its predecessors.