The delay up to GEO and back is slightly more than half a second. I am not aware of any space situated systems making DNS queries, are there any, even proposed?
Maybe for the IPFS? https://libre.space/2023/04/12/ipfs-tiny/ Regards, David 2023-04-13 19:22 GMT+02:00, Michael Richardson <[email protected]>: > > David Fernández via Starlink wrote: > > Wondering what benefit would have for any space agency to move its > DNS > > root server "up there"? > > Probably very little. > > > Is GEO an option? > > The delay up to GEO and back is pretty long. > LEO would be better, but doesn't stay in the same place for many. > But, how often do you need to query root name servers if you cache well? > > But, advantages that I can see: > > 1) power. uninterrupted, disjoint from terrestrial infrastructure. > 2) so available all over a hemisphere despite whatever disaster occurs. > 3) can answer queries from other space situated systems. > > _______________________________________________ Starlink mailing list [email protected] https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink
