Isn't using register.com considered outsourcing?
In fact, I'd probably feel better not outsourcing to a big shop who is such a
big target.....a little security through obscurity doesn't hurt.... =)
> Subject: Re: Register.com DNS outages
> Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:03:27 -0500
> From: esanb...@tsd-inc.com
> To: f...@deneb.enyo.de; brandon....@brandontek.com
> CC: nanog@nanog.org
>
> Yes, however register.com does not allow their customers to list both their
> DNS servers and a customer's DNS server. End result is when the outage on
> their servers occurs you need to modify the config on their website so that
> it points back to your private DNS servers. Propagation delays are a pain....
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Florian Weimer <f...@deneb.enyo.de>
> To: Brandon Kim <brandon....@brandontek.com>
> Cc: nanog group <nanog@nanog.org>
> Sent: Sun Nov 14 13:48:55 2010
> Subject: Re: Register.com DNS outages
>
> * Brandon Kim:
>
> > Times like this, makes you curious what kind of infrastructure
> > register.com has? How does one protect against DDOS?
>
> You can outsource your DNS, but you better retain a server locally on
> your network, so that you suffer less from that particular shared
> toothbrush.
>
