[e2e] scheduled name space

[Joe Touch]

Jon Crowcroft wrote:
> In missive <4080B10A.1030207 at isi.edu>, Joe Touch typed:
> 
>  >>Geotargeting to provide a 'closer' reply is just an optimization; if you 
>  >>actually give different content based on source (i.e., if the IP 
>  >>addresses are not to equivalent content), then you've defeated the idea 
>  >>that of the name-to-address lookup. All the addresses of the reply - 
>  >>whether provided in a set or to different sources - are equivalent as 
>  >>'name to address', which means if they're cached, forwarded, or other, 
>  >>they should be sufficiently useful.
>  
> thats right-  DNS is no longer just a simple service
...
> so i win:)
> 
>  cheers
> 
>    jon

Perhaps. But, like NATs, we all lose, IMO ;-(

Joe
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