Hi everyone, I wrote a post on the inexorable rise of DNS complexity, it just appeared on https://ietf.org/blog/herding-dns-camel/ In this post I argue that the mechanics of standardization means that as long as there are standardizers active, there is a push to create more and more documents. In a commercial environment, implementations typically push back on new standards, since new standards mean more work and fewer possibilities to differentiate. Such push-back is absent in open source communities with ample time and ability to implement everything under the sun, and that is how we end up with 2000-3000 pages of DNS text. The post discusses what to do about it & presents a mitigation measure called 'Hello DNS' which attempts to do a 'Richard W. Stevens' on DNS by explaining the standards for implementors, hopefully using the same clear language that brought us TCP/IP Illustrated & the other great Stevens books. More words are on https://ietf.org/blog/herding-dns-camel/ - please let me know your thoughts if you have them! Bert
