RFC1712 - is anyone actually using GPOS RR's ?

Jesper Skriver jesper at skriver.dk
Mon Nov 15 18:46:05 UTC 1999


On Mon, Nov 15, 1999 at 09:50:37AM -0500, Andrew Brown wrote:
> 
> >As subject says, is anyone actually using these ?
> 
> i don't think so.  it's still in "experimental" status, and the bind
> code has only this to say about it:
> 
> include/arpa/nameser.h:       ns_t_gpos = 27,         /* Geographical position (withdrawn). */
> include/arpa/nameser_compat.h:#define T_GPOS          ns_t_gpos
> lib/resolv/res_debug.c:       {ns_t_gpos,     "GPOS",         "geographical position (withdrawn)"},
> 
> so i don't think anyone ever bothered with it at all.
> 
> >We were thinking of adding this to our automated dns scripts ... but if
> >nobody actually uses them, we don't want to spend time on it ...
> 
> use LOC (rfc1876) instead.  it's more or less the same, but with more
> info.

Thanks for the pointer, then my next question will be ... 
Are any registering LOC for their routers/hosts ?
Any visual traceroute or similar applications using this ?

/Jesper

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Jesper Skriver (JS4261-RIPE), Network manager      
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