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

Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> Sat, 19 March 2016 23:53 UTC

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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?

Best regards,

A

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