[alsothings]

Do you have a link for that RFC? I may have missed it...

[hobin]

Here it is: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-diao-aip-dns-00

About the subtle aspect, this may very well be because they genuinely believe it's a good idea other governments may agree with.

[billswift]

And the HN discussion is http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4122783