> Bickering about all this is fun > of course, but it doesn't help coming to a solution, especially as the > solution doesn't have a defined problem set and what it is supposed to > solve. of course. but the purpose was not to bicker, but rather to do some damage control - to try to discourage people from making DNS critical path so that they could then damage the net even further by making NAT critical path. it shouldn't be necessary to design or implement a new protocol to dispel bad ideas. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf