Re: that MIT paper again (Re: VeriSign's rapid DNS updates in .com/.net ) (longish)

2004-07-24 Thread Daniel Karrenberg
On 23.07 22:30, Simon Waters wrote: The abstract doesn't mention that the TTL on NS records is found to be important for scalability of the DNS. Sic! And it is the *child* TTL that counts for most implementations.

that MIT paper again (Re: VeriSign's rapid DNS updates in .com/.net )

2004-07-23 Thread Paul Vixie
i'd said: wrt the mit paper on why small ttl's are harmless, i recommend that y'all actually read it, the whole thing, plus some of the references, rather than assuming that the abstract is well supported by the body. someone asked me: Would you happen to have the URL for the MIT paper?

Re: that MIT paper again (Re: VeriSign's rapid DNS updates in .com/.net ) (longish)

2004-07-23 Thread Simon Waters
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 | Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:01:54 + | From: Paul Vixie [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: that MIT paper again (Re: VeriSign's rapid DNS updates in .com/.net ) | |wrt the mit paper on why small ttl's are harmless, i recommend that |y'all actually read

Re: that MIT paper again (Re: VeriSign's rapid DNS updates in .com/.net ) (longish)

2004-07-23 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 22:30:46 BST, Simon Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I think relying on accurate DNS information to distinguish spammers from genuine senders is at best shakey currently, the only people I can think would suffer with making it easier and quicker to create new domains would