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- From: zbig@wariat.org (Zbigniew J. Tyrlik)
- Subject: Re: Mixed format addresses
- Message-ID: <1992Dec13.170721.2862@wariat.org>
- Followup-To: comp.mail.misc
- Reply-To: zbig@wariat.org (Zbigniew J. Tyrlik)
- Organization: Akademia Pana Kleksa, Public Access Uni* Site
- References: <6#81H#ikbb@atlantis.psu.edu> <TkJPVB1w165w@willard.UUCP>
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 17:07:21 GMT
- Lines: 70
-
- As quoted from <TkJPVB1w165w@willard.UUCP> by dawson@willard.UUCP:
-
- +---------------
- > I can envision scenarios, for example, given present growth on the Internet,
- > and AROUND it as well, where queries to DNS could exceed present day software's
- > capabilities, in much the same way as the events that would occur if ~everyone~
- > tried to call you on the telephone at once. What would happen? Have you given
- > any thought about what would happen to your DNS system if ALL of the Internet
- > attempted to query it, simultaneously?
- >
-
- You forgot about secondary nameservers, and the fact that usually
- all editions of named do cache adresses... The only one case of it
- will be if if all machines will come up at once, and all will want
- to send you mail at once...
-
-
- > > Which one is easier to update? (DNS)
- >
- > Easier for whom to update? You (who are on the Internet)? Those whose
- > only connection is by UUCP? Why can we not have a system that is easy
-
- Either you do not understand DNS, or are simply joking. For a site
- which is uucp only connected, and has a FQDN, it is enough to set
- it once forever... done. For a Internet based site, it is easier
- for me to update my own edition of DNS, and from this monet every
- quesry will get updated version. With pathalias - propagation time
- of maps is quite long, and we have had multiple occurences of maps
- going to /dev/null. Claiming that updating maps is easier is
- funny.
-
-
- >
- > What tells me that DNS is not so reliable as at first it might appear are
- > the example of incorrect routing I've seen... bounced email with "no such
- > host" or "no such domain" when it was damn well true that the domain or
- > host did exist, as did nameservers for them. Mostly, these examples are
- > drawn from attempts to reply to email.
-
-
- Usually it comes to the point that site unable to respond was
- configured totally wrong... like only local nameservers...
-
-
- > of whether the idea of using a database that is accessible to more than
- > just the privileged few who happen to be ON the Internet is a good, or
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- you must be kidding, man ... priviledged few on Internet...
- Are you aware that number of hosts on Internet is a magnitute
- bigger that hosts with uucp only connections ???
-
-
- > --
- > dawson@willard.UUCP (Willard Dawson)
- > gatech!vdbsan!willard!dawson
- > emory!uumind!willard!dawson
- > Willard's House BBS, Atlanta, GA -- +1 (404) 664 8814
-
-
- Sorry, Willard - your bias against Internet is quite
- interesting...
-
- _zjt
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