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external issues in dns scalability (1995) (was Re: Namespaces)
From: Paul Vixie <vixie () mfnx net>
Date: 08 Mar 2001 07:43:37 -0800
avg () kotovnik com (Vadim Antonov) writes:
Just stop issuing alhpanumeric domain names and use numerals only.
In 1995, Brian Kahin invited a bunch of folks to come to DC and talk about DNS ("a policy wonk's dream"). Not understanding that the whole thing was a sham, I wrote a paper and presented it. The audience (hi Vint!) reacted in stunned silence, and probably had a good laugh about it later at the bar. I found the postscript files and converted them to PDF and put them online: http://www.vix.com/~vixie/bad-dns-paper.pdf http://www.vix.com/~vixie/bad-dns-slides.pdf All I can really say is: "I told y'all so." Vadim, thanks for reminding me that there was a time when these problems were still soluble.
Current thread:
- Re: Namespaces (was: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play) Sean Donelan (Mar 08)
- Re: Namespaces (was: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play) Vadim Antonov (Mar 08)
- external issues in dns scalability (1995) (was Re: Namespaces) Paul Vixie (Mar 08)
- Re: external issues in dns scalability (1995) (was Re: Namespaces) William Allen Simpson (Mar 08)
- Re: external issues in dns scalability (1995) (was Re: Namespaces) Greg A. Woods (Mar 08)
- Re: external issues in dns scalability (1995) (was Re: Namespaces) Vadim Antonov (Mar 08)
- external issues in dns scalability (1995) (was Re: Namespaces) Paul Vixie (Mar 08)
- Re: Namespaces (was: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play) Charles Scott (Mar 08)
- Re: Namespaces (was: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play) Vadim Antonov (Mar 08)