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From: pvm@VENERA.ISI.EDU (Paul Mockapetris)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: RFC 1101
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Date: 15 May 89 18:09:02 GMT
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>Since the X.500 standards define encodings for many of the real-world data 
>types one wants to store in a directory service, and the NS is offering such 
>hugely aligned functionality, surely RFC's could be used to define mappings 
>from the OSI DS object family into suitable Bind record types?

>Existing Bind definitions stay as-is. New ones where possible adopt forms
>"compatible" with X.500 defined objects.

>Lots of wins from this approach.

Right.  I think the Internet should adopt/steal the parts of X.400,
X.500 etc., etc. worth adopting/stealing now or in the future, in whole
or in part.  The rest is for further study/not worth stealing.

paul