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Re: [DNSOP] why classes are useless, was New Version Notification for draft-sullivan-dns-class-useless-01.txt

joel jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com> Sun, 20 March 2016 00:47 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] why classes are useless, was New Version Notification for draft-sullivan-dns-class-useless-01.txt
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On 3/19/16 4:53 PM, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 06:44:44PM -0400, Michael StJohns wrote:
>> responses within the UDP sizes.    The class field might have been a useful
>> way to do that, especially for things related to keys and signatures.
> 
> There are lots of things the class field _might_ have been useful for.
> What I've been trying to suss out in this conversation is whether
> there is any way to make that potential utility actual.  Do you think
> the repurposing you're mentioning is a realistic hope, or just a road
> not taken?

IMHO any effort that expects end users (humans) to differentiate by
class seems like a fools errand; machines perhaps. If by road not taken
we mean user interface disaster avoided then yes, we avoided that.

> Best regards,
> 
> A
>

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