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Re: [DNSOP] abandoning ANAME and standardizing CNAME at apex

Ray Bellis <ray@bellis.me.uk> Tue, 19 June 2018 21:03 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] abandoning ANAME and standardizing CNAME at apex
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On 19/06/2018 17:44, Tony Finch wrote:

> SRV should have been part of the fix (and it was invented early 
> enough to be!) but it wasn't a complete fix without support from the
> application protocols.

AIUI, a large part of the supposed issue with SRV was the inertia of the
installed base of browsers that wouldn't know how to access them.

Ironically the proposed fix seems to require upgrades to the
installed base of one of the most important network infrastructure
services on the planet.

Meanwhile, a very large portion of the installed base of web browsers
gets automatically and silently upgraded every month or so...

Ray

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