# Re: URN to URC scenario

Mitra (mitra@pandora.sf.ca.us)
Tue, 1 Mar 1994 02:40:37 GMT

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    From: mitra@pandora.sf.ca.us (Mitra)

    Subject: Re: URN to URC scenario

    Date: Tue, 1 Mar 1994 02:40:37 GMT

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: In principle I think this looks fine, although I do think
: it might be nice if it were possible to short-circuit the
: DNS lookup for those schemes where it is known that a
: server wont be found (eg. until someone takes on the task
: of serving ISBN numbers, MD5 checksums, etc). If those
: schemes are popular, they could be generating enough
: traffic to make it worthwhile.

Peter - there is nothing to stop a client caching the knowledge that
anything starting md5 or isbn is unresolvable, I certainly wouldnt go
asking DNS for the server more than once a day!

- Mitra

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