Re: DNS-EPD Updates [was Re: New Internet-Draft: DNS-Endpoint Discovery (http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-snell-dnsepd-00.txt)]

[Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>]

James Snell wrote:
> 1. Rename the XML RR to EPX or "Endpoint Extension" RR.

Since XML is self-describing, why not leave it as a general XML RR?

However, I still can't see why any of this data belongs in the DNS. 
Since one needs to know a domain name to fetch this data, I can't see 
why you wouldn't allocate a port number and serve the XML over TCP on 
that port. In the WG meeting you said this was because DNS is a defined 
protocol, but I can't find that a compelling argument - HTTP would seem 
a far better protocol for serving this data.

Cheers,

Ben.

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