DNS inventor Paul Mockapetris and Vint Cerf debate DNS as a discovery layer for AI agents
IvyTatiana88 · reddit · 2026-11-04
Vint Cerf and Paul Mockapetris, who designed DNS in 1983, are discussing live on The Networking Channel whether DNS has another job: helping AI agents find and work with each other.
The poster raises a key question: who controls whether an agent can be discovered, and can its owner port the agent between providers the way a phone number moves between carriers?
A rare discussion of agentic-web infrastructure featuring internet pioneers; the author plans a follow-up analysis in The Thinnest Column.
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