I believe this is somewhat relevant to our work. -James Seng ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <IETF-Announce:> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 7:44 PM Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-klensin-dns-role-00.txt > A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. > > > Title : Role of the Domain Name System > Author(s) : J. Klensin > Filename : draft-klensin-dns-role-00.txt > Pages : 10 > Date : 13-Nov-00 > > The original function and purpose of the DNS is reviewed, and > contrasted with some of the functions into which it is being forced > today and some of the newer demands being placed upon it or suggested > for it. A framework for an alternative to placing these additional > stresses on the DNS is then outlined. This document and that > framework are not a proposed solution, only a strong suggestion that > the time has come to begin thinking more broadly about the problems > we are encountering and possible approaches to solving them. > > A URL for this Internet-Draft is: > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-klensin-dns-role-00.txt > > Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP. Login with the username > "anonymous" and a password of your e-mail address. After logging in, > type "cd internet-drafts" and then > "get draft-klensin-dns-role-00.txt". > > A list of Internet-Drafts directories can be found in > http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html > or ftp://ftp.ietf.org/ietf/1shadow-sites.txt > > > Internet-Drafts can also be obtained by e-mail. > > Send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the body type: > "FILE /internet-drafts/draft-klensin-dns-role-00.txt". > > NOTE: The mail server at ietf.org can return the document in > MIME-encoded form by using the "mpack" utility. To use this > feature, insert the command "ENCODING mime" before the "FILE" > command. To decode the response(s), you will need "munpack" or > a MIME-compliant mail reader. Different MIME-compliant mail readers > exhibit different behavior, especially when dealing with > "multipart" MIME messages (i.e. documents which have been split > up into multiple messages), so check your local documentation on > how to manipulate these messages. > > > Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant mail reader > implementation to automatically retrieve the ASCII version of the > Internet-Draft. >
