Publishing information via DNS

[Matthew Seaman]

Kelly Jones wrote:
> Has anyone tried publishing non-DNS information via DNS? Advantages:
> 
>  % Automatic distributed caching on various nameservers.
> 
>  % UDP, so no TCP overhead
> 
> I know SPF uses this, and clamav publishes their current version
> number this way, but has anyone done this on a large scale basis?
> 

Read all about 'Hesiod' at a search engine near you.  No, not the
Greek poet... the other hesiod.

	Cheers,

	Matthew


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