The End-To-End Internet (was Re: Blocking MX query)

[mohta at necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp (Masataka Ohta)]

Andrew Sullivan wrote:

>> the DNS and won't discover anything about the DNS that can't be had
>> via getaddrinfo() until long after its too late redefine the protocol
>> in terms of seeking SRV records.
> 
> Oh, sure, I get that.  One of the problems I've had with the "end to
> end NAT" argument is exactly that I can't see how it's any more
> deployable than IPv6, for exactly this reason.

The easiest part of the deployment is to modify end systems.

> Because of the 20-year problem, I think now
> would be an excellent time to start thinking about how to make usable
> all those nice features we already have in the DNS.

Apple did it. See RFC6281.

						Masataka Ohta