Andrew, Thanks for writing this.
I do take minor issue with this bit: "But given the DNS message format, the name server cannot find the class until it knows the name." I don't believe that this is relevant. I do think that putting the class and type fields after the variable length name field in a question or in an RR was an unfortunate choice. However I think it's a long stretch to get from there to assigning any blame on the packet format for any failure of the class field to fulfill its potential. kind regards, Ray _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
