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From: davy@ERG.SRI.COM ("David A. Curry")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains
Subject: Re: innovative use of HINFO records
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Date: 16 May 91 21:08:52 GMT
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     From:  paul@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu  (Paul Pomes - UofIllinois CSO)
     Date:  15 May 91 14:32:55 GMT
     Subject:  Re: innovative use of HINFO records
     
     
     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.
     
A valid point.  Personally I usually use the "any" option when perusing a
domain, just to pick up such things (e.g. "dig erg.sri.com any"), but I
could see where lots of people don't do that....

I guess we just need to plead to the implementor-types for the "responsible
person" RR or whatever it's going to be called, and another RR for "owning
entity" or some such.  Then we can stop all this stashing of info in random
places once and for all.

--Dave