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Subject: Re: Pilot Project: Hosts Table To Be Available Over Internet
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Date: 21 Oct 89 19:24:00 GMT
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Folks, 

with my IAB hat on, I STRONGLY endorse every effort to move
to a Domain Name System basis as soon as possible. As we 
begin to introduce connections to outside email systems
like CompuServe, Telemail, MCI Mail, etc. and introduce X.400
facilities, we are going to need DNS more than ever.

If I thought there was a way to enforce it, I'd vote for
a ban on use of host tables after July 4, 1990 (Independence Day!).

Vint Cerf