[dns-operations] Any surveys about EDNS0 usage?

[Mark Andrews]

In message <EAF3F792-A208-4212-AF0A-DE1E100FFBF6 at rfc1035.com>, Jim Reid writes:
> > Is there some application that requires access to large RRsets  
> > (besides DNSSEC)?
> 
> Yes. Everything doing lookups in .tel. For example try getting the  
> naptr records for telnic.tel. Responses of 1500 bytes or more are not  
> uncommon.
> 
> There is also a depressing tendency for bloat. New applications and  
> services generally want to store and retrieve more data than existing  
> ones. So imagine if CERT records take off. Or what DNS data could be  
> associated with an RFID tag or smart card.

And those applications can enable EDNS0 on a per application basis.

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