Paul Mockapetris, the inventor of DNS, says he designed the system to be flexible enough to carry almost any sort of information. But he writes that what he didn't count on was political controversy over the future of directory information:
"While it is inevitable that the DNS gets replaced, I think there could be far more usage and opportunity if the political aspects were addressed coherently, and if the technology types just let experimentation happen, rather than trying to make rules about how the DNS is used."
Via Lextext.
Note: When you click on Mockapetris's link above, you'll notice it takes you to a site called CircleID, which looks to be an interesting place for discussions about the future of Internet technologies.
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