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Question can also be interpreted as "why does DNS even allow this" which is fair as it only purpose should be to convert a domain name address into a 32 bit num
by boznz 1y ago
Question can also be interpreted as "why does DNS even allow this" which is fair as it only purpose should be to convert a domain name address into a 32 bit number. The answer is partially in the link on TFA. I guess they had their reasons.
- pixl97 1y agoI mean DNS has had different record types for as long as I can remember, txt records in specific allowed the protocol to be extensible without everyone having to update their software to support new record types. And that also leaves out the common things like MX records.