Re: TXT records and what not to use them for

[Paul A Vixie <paul@vix.com>]

> Thomas's point about using the type code to get exactly the RRs you
> need is also well-taken.  Every few years somebody comes up with a
> scheme that boils down to putting some kind of sub-type code into the
> RDATA of an RR, so that we won't have to allocate new types.  Such
> schemes are understandable, but misguided.  If two conceptual kinds of
> RRs can be used independently, they should have distinct type codes.

maybe not.  distinct types turn out to be heavier-weight objects than
the fact of having 64K of them available would seem to indicate.  the
time it takes to get a new one implemented and in wide use is daunting.

this is also where donald's KS rr comes from.