From: zbig@wariat.org (Zbigniew J. Tyrlik)
Subject: Re: Mixed format addresses
Followup-To: comp.mail.misc
Reply-To: zbig@wariat.org (Zbigniew J. Tyrlik)
Organization: Akademia Pana Kleksa, Public Access Uni* Site
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 17:07:21 GMT

As quoted from <TkJPVB1w165w@willard.UUCP> by dawson@willard.UUCP:

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> 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
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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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