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Re: [Inip-discuss] aliases and classes (was Re: Domain Names)

Edward Lewis <edward.lewis@icann.org> Tue, 16 February 2016 21:56 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Inip-discuss] aliases and classes (was Re: Domain Names)
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On 2/14/16, 17:12, "Inip-discuss on behalf of Andrew Sullivan"
<inip-discuss-bounces@iab.org on behalf of ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 01:09:32PM -0500, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
>> I have a not-quite-finished draft here that proposes closing the class
>> registry, however.
>
>I decided that closing the registry would involve too much
>windmill-tilting, so I didn't do it.
>
>https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-sullivan-dns-class-useless/

"Heh-heh, he said vestigial, heh-heh" - in the voice of Beavis & Butthead.

I'm not sure how to work this in, but I'd like to make it clear that
CLASSES was an invention as part of the development of the DNS, the system
that is, and not something from Domain Names.

I'll underline and underscore (I'd do it in ASCII-art but...well..) that
I'm not sure how to work that in. Besides wanting to tell the future DNS
engineers to pave over it when they can, I'd like CLASS to not be a red
herring in any attempt to clarify (if you will) the Domain Name namespace.

I could be wrong - this is just my personal opinion, at this time, so take
the comment as just an opinion.

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