--On mandag, mars 31, 2003 16:44:35 -0800 Dave Crocker <dhc2@dcrocker.net> wrote:
In any event, please note that the suggestion that applications are required to use names, rather than IP addresses, is new.
Completely new.
As in, it has not been part of the Internet architecture for the past 25 years.
RFC 1958, June 1996:
4. Name and address issues
4.1 Avoid any design that requires addresses to be hard coded or stored on non-volatile storage (except of course where this is an essential requirement as in a name server or configuration server). In general, user applications should use names rather than addresses.
yes, "required" is new, and IMHO unspportable.
Harald
