Paul Mockapetris On The Future of DNS 188
penciling_in writes "In a CircleID article called Letting
DNS Loose, Paul Mockapetris, the inventor of DNS and Chief Scientist and Chairman of Nominum, gives a good indication of
what is to be expected in the upcoming years when it comes to data riding on
DNS: "RFID tags, UPC codes, International characters in email
addresses and host names, and a variety of other identifiers could all go into
DNS, and folks have occasionally proposed doing just that. It's really just a
question of figuring out how to use the DNS -- it's ready to carry arbitrary
identifiers." According to Paul, there are 40 or so data types to be added
to DNS: "In fact the whole ENUM scheme is built out of classical DNS
technology, and NAPTR is really just the latest data type to be added to the
DNS. NAPTR is also just an extension of SRV, which was an extension of MX, which
are DNS data types that Active Directory uses to start itself and the Internet
uses to route each piece of mail." Paul also clarifies the recent BBC story
previously discussed here
on Slashdot."
Hmmm (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe it's word thing (Score:2, Funny)
But to me classical means outdated.
... there are 40 or so data types.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Hmmm (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Hmmm (Score:3, Funny)
Oh dear god, I can't believe I just said that.
Re:Hmmm (Score:2, Funny)
Really? (Score:5, Funny)
They're right... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:naming conventions (Score:5, Funny)
Sure it does:
Re:... there are 40 or so data types.. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Why not an IP address? (Score:3, Funny)
$ ping6 -c 5 2001:4f8:4:7:2e0:81ff:fe21:6564
--- 2001:4f8:4:7:2e0:81ff:fe21:6564 ping6 statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
Somebody stole a book!
Re:... there are 40 or so data types.. (Score:2, Funny)
My world is coming undone. I curse at thee, slashdot!
Re:naming conventions (Score:3, Funny)
If it pains you so much to type in yahoo.com (as if you really need www. anymore, most all sites work fine without it) then just type in "216.109.118.73" and be done with it.