Re: Are public DNS a good thing? (was: Re: 1.1.1.1)

[Tom Beecher via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

> RFC 1035 is still what defines DNS, hasn't been obsoleted and is from 1987.
> Perhaps age is not the main factor in defining obsolescence ?


With RFCs, no.

With BCP, the middle letter is generally relevant to the discussion.

On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM Rubens Kuhl via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>
wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM Paul Ebersman via NANOG
> <nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:
> > > This raises my question: are public DNS like 1.1.1.1 or Google's
> > > 8.8.8.8 actually a good thing?
> >
> > rubensk> According to BCP-140, no, not a good thing.
> >
> > That BCP is from 2015...
>
> RFC 1035 is still what defines DNS, hasn't been obsoleted and is from 1987.
> Perhaps age is not the main factor in defining obsolescence ?
>
>
> Rubens
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