Re: [DNSOP] dns interface to whois? (Re: Taking Back the DNS )

Andrew Sullivan <ajs@shinkuro.com> Sun, 21 November 2010 17:41 UTC

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On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 05:33:12PM +0000, Paul Vixie wrote:
> how would the registry system implement something like this?  

I would argue that they shouldn't.

> i know there are a lot of related proposals in XML.  that's another topic.

No, it isn't.  It's one thing to say, "Go look over here for IRIS."
It's quite another to try to duplicate all that in the DNS itself.
Why do that?

A

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