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From: paul@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (Paul Pomes - UofIllinois CSO)
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Subject: Re: innovative use of HINFO records
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Date: 15 May 91 14:32:55 GMT
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David Curry observes that TXT records may be more suitable than HINFO records
for describing domains.  At the time I started entering the records the TXT
record was not supported.  Even today it's not a RR that many people think
to check when perusing another domain.

For hosts I keep the HINFO information fairly generic.  The CPU type is
specified clearly (sun-3/50, vax-3500, etc) but the OS is kept generic
(UNIX, DOS, VMS, etc).  Version information just makes the information
out of date sooner and gives a false sense of precision.

/pbp
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Paul Pomes, Computing Services Office
University of Illinois - Urbana