Re: Persistent applications-level identifiers, the DNS, and RFC 2428

--On Thursday, 02 October, 2003 09:55 +0859 Masataka Ohta 
<mohta(_at_)necom830(_dot_)hpcl(_dot_)titech(_dot_)ac(_dot_)jp> wrote:
> John;
>
> > I just had occasion to look again at RFC 2428, "FTP
> > Extensions  for IPv6 and NATs",
> > Please consider this a fairly narrow question.
> I'm afraid that your question is still too broad.
>
> Are you asking the question for IPv6 or for NATs?
I am asking the question about FTP, about a piece of syntax in 
the protocol, and about the options that syntax permits.  If the 
addresses and address references that syntax nor permits are 
suitable for a particular situation, then one should use them. 
I am asking only about why we haven't structured that syntax so 
that use of a DNS name --or some other sort of name if/when it 
can be defined-- is possible if it turns out to be appropriate.
    john