[dns-operations] Apex ALIASES that re NOT flattened CNAMEs

[Mark E. Jeftovic]

I hadn't even heard of SCVB until now.

Thx.


On 2024-10-22 7:43 PM, Paul Vixie wrote:
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> every few years the cdn world proposes something like an ALIAS RR. usually it
> fails at the problem-statement stage. afterward a few more innovators hack
> their own name servers to do what they need -- usually in a unique way and
> often in a way that blows chunks when other differently-hacked name servers get
> a look at the on-the-wire signaling.
>
> mark andrews sometimes reminds us that SRV is /n/ decades old and had the web
> adopted it even /n-1/ decades ago these problems would no longer be with us.
>
> now we're getting SVCB and HTTPS records. that'll take a while to push CNAME
> aside but it's the right horse to bet on, vs. getting innovators to stop
> inventing new ways to avoid change CNAME for their own use cases.
>
>
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