Received: from localhost by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id BAA09166; Wed, 24 Jan 1996 01:42:15 -0500 Received: by CS.UTK.EDU (bulk_mailer v1.3); Wed, 24 Jan 1996 01:41:04 -0500 Received: from glaucus.cso.uiuc.edu by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id BAA09110; Wed, 24 Jan 1996 01:41:03 -0500 Received: from resnick1.isdn.uiuc.edu by glaucus.cso.uiuc.edu (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA06154; Wed, 24 Jan 1996 00:35:49 -0600 X-Sender: resnick@glaucus.cso.uiuc.edu Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Eudora [Macintosh version 3.0a74-2.96] Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 00:40:51 -0600 To: "Eric Norman (MACC)" From: Pete Resnick Subject: Re: A suggestion for IPv6 domain literals Cc: Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no, drums@cs.utk.edu On 1/23/96 at 10:01 PM, Eric Norman (MACC) wrote: >I think domain literals should be eliminated. They've been >deprecated ever since day one; it's time to just say bye-bye to 'em. > >They may have served a marginal purpose way back when we had >to use host tables. Now we have the domain system; if someone >can't get a name in it, they have no business speaking SMTP. This is simply not an acceptable solution. The domain name system is certainly not infallible and domain literals are needed at times when there are problems. I cannot support this at all. pr -- Pete Resnick QUALCOMM Incorporated Home: (217)337-1905 / Fax: (217)337-1980