Hi Johan! OK, I stand corrected. Thanks for putting the me straight. Then maybe the good idea we (the IETF) had at the time – to make it simple to register new RR types – has fallen into implementation problems. Maybe it should be looked into. Out of curiosity: the RR type(s) you wanted to register – did they warrant "special processing" in the DNS servers? I.e., did they require altereted/new code paths in the servers, or were they simple data-carrying records to just be picked up from a shelf and shipped to the client? I guess my question is: do you see a difference between the two categories of records in how difficult it is to get a requst processed? Cheers, /Liman johan.stenstam@internetstiftelsen.se 2025-05-14 08:08 [+0000]:
Liman,
And mind you: new record types are dirt cheap, and very easy to create and register. 😉
Umm… no. Cheap: yes. Easy to create: well, that obviously depends. Very easy to register: no.
Been there, done that, carry the scars. In *theory* you’re absolutely correct, but in practice… well you know the rest.
Johan