On Mon, 20 Dec 2021 at 23:16, John C Klensin <john-ietf@xxxxxxx> wrote: >8 > > (3) The DNS was not designed for, and has never been good at, > handling very large zones ... > ... Perhaps I don't understand your explanation and > example, but if the subnodes of mesh.arpa are going to be > callsigns bound to people and this model is successful, then you > are talking about a zone with four or five billion nodes in it > today (and growing). ... and integrating w.r.t. time, this inevitably becomes an unsustainable proposition. What is being proposed here is not just a unique identifier for life, it is also the user's digital tombstone! The prevailing "rental" model will at least ensure that "jck.com" will be recycled a decent interval after JCK is himself recycled and unable to shell out his $15.99 --rwf
