[idn] Fw: I-D ACTION:draft-klensin-dns-role-00.txt

["James Seng/Personal" <James@Seng.cc>]

I believe this is somewhat relevant to our work.

-James Seng

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> Title : Role of the Domain Name System
> Author(s) : J. Klensin
> Filename : draft-klensin-dns-role-00.txt
> Pages : 10
> Date : 13-Nov-00
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> The original function and purpose of the DNS is reviewed, and
> contrasted with some of the functions into which it is being forced
> today and some of the newer demands being placed upon it or suggested
> for it.  A framework for an alternative to placing these additional
> stresses on the DNS is then outlined.  This document and that
> framework are not a proposed solution, only a strong suggestion that
> the time has come to begin thinking more broadly about the problems
> we are encountering and possible approaches to solving them.
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