Received: from localhost by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id NAA18347; Tue, 6 Jun 1995 13:03:52 -0400 X-Resent-To: drums@CS.UTK.EDU ; Tue, 6 Jun 1995 13:03:51 EDT Errors-to: owner-drums@CS.UTK.EDU Received: from po8.andrew.cmu.edu by CS.UTK.EDU with ESMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id NAA18338; Tue, 6 Jun 1995 13:03:50 -0400 Received: (from postman@localhost) by po8.andrew.cmu.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA10148 for drums@cs.utk.edu; Tue, 6 Jun 1995 13:03:37 -0400 Received: via switchmail; Tue, 6 Jun 1995 13:03:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hogtown.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Tue, 6 Jun 1995 13:02:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hogtown.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Tue, 6 Jun 1995 13:02:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from BatMail.robin.v2.14.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.hogtown.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4c.411 via MS.5.6.hogtown.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4c_411; Tue, 6 Jun 1995 13:02:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 13:02:10 -0400 (EDT) From: John Gardiner Myers To: drums@CS.UTK.EDU Subject: Re: handling literals In-Reply-To: <9506052158.AA27824@webster.imsi.com> References: <9506052158.AA27824@webster.imsi.com> Beak: is Not perry@imsi.com (Perry E. Metzger) writes: > the : convention, but as domain names using the .ip6.int convention > (the equivalent of the IPv4 .in-addr.arpa convention.) I like this idea at first blush. I assume the relevant DNS server implementations would magically return A records for such things? The most important use I see for domain-literals is for when a host that doesn't know it's host name has to supply a domain for something--initial greeting, SMTP HELO command, Sender: field, etc. -- _.John G. Myers Internet: jgm+@CMU.EDU LoseNet: ...!seismo!ihnp4!wiscvm.wisc.edu!give!up