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Re: Could binary encoding really be the answer?

2004-06-23 18:36:58

On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 16:47, Greg Connor wrote:
Team-

I am sending my third and final message of the day, in order to express 
support for Hadmut's suggestion of a binary encoding.  I think this is a 
good idea, and I believe it combines the best of various worlds 
(extensibility, economy, etc).

Perhaps rather than just a single new record type, consider defining a
structure composed of new elements where each element is a record type.

1) An address type for CIDR notation for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

2) Inverse of the SRV record having a 16 bit field for encoding the
protocol being authorized and a name type used to return referenced CIDR
notation.  Add to this a 16 bit field to declare policy information. 
Allow the protocol field to be used as a selection field.  (Redefine
Class perhaps.)

3) A type of PTR record to build external reference lists with a
matching protocol field to the inverse SRV record also for selection.

This would allow these new records to find greater use than just for
MARID.

-Doug