On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 04:29:51PM -0500, Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote a message of 28 lines which said: > It's a question of whether increasing reliance on DNS by trying to > get apps and other things to use DNS names exclusively, makes those > apps and other things less reliable. For a good part, this is already done. You cannot use IP addresses for many important applications (the Web because of virtual hosting and email because most MTA setup prevent it). And, as far as I know, nobody complained. The only person I know who puts IP addresses on business cards is Louis Pouzin <pouzin@[137.194.2.14]> _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf