[mythtv-users] Idea for Listings Data
David Brodbeck
gull at gull.us
Mon Jun 25 23:42:51 UTC 2007
On Jun 25, 2007, at 4:24 PM, Trey Thompson wrote:
> Well, being an old ISP guy... I don't think using something like
> DNS to distribute non-DNS information is a good idea. There are
> many reasons, but I won't bother everyone with them. The MAIN
> reason is, it's not designed for it. Most DNS providers are moving
> toward more dynamic installations (smaller TTLs, less cacheing).
> The TXT records are going to be used to help with server
> authentication strings, anti-SPAM information, etc... All things
> that DNS is designed for.
I think one of the RFCs has a specific prohibition on using DNS as a
general-purpose database system, in fact.
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