To:
"D. J. Bernstein" <djb@cr.yp.to>
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dnsop@cafax.se
From:
Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
Date:
Sun, 10 Aug 2003 20:57:26 +0859 ()
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<20030810060456.10656.qmail@cr.yp.to> from "D. J. Bernstein" at"Aug 10, 2003 06:04:56 am"
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Subject:
Re: scope
djb; > > a significant fraction of the total root server query load > > is the result of bad packet filtering > > Think about the numbers for a moment. Before that, I think we should think about a DHCP configured name server located beyond a firewall, which is no different from an anycast name server located beyond a firewall. > The screwups you're talking about, added up over the _entire Internet_, > are on the scale of thousands of packets per second. Split the same > screwup level across all of the Internet's ISPs and the load becomes > unnoticeable. And, that's why anycast is the way to go both for root servers and autoconfigured recursive servers. Masataka Ohta #---------------------------------------------------------------------- # To unsubscribe, send a message to <dnsop-request@cafax.se>.