From owner-freebsd-net Mon Dec 7 06:22:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA01956 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 06:22:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (whizzo.TransSys.COM [144.202.42.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA01951 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 06:22:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (localhost.transsys.com [127.0.0.1]) by whizzo.transsys.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAA08541; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 09:21:59 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Message-Id: <199812071421.JAA08541@whizzo.transsys.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: alk@pobox.com cc: Kurt@pinboard.com, net@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Louis A. Mamakos" Subject: Re: resolver behaviour References: <13929.39477.406338.806610@avalon.east> <199812052221.RAA10079@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <13930.17883.922553.625725@avalon.east> <3.0.5.16.19981206214053.683794b8@pop.pbdhome.pinboard.com> <13931.34728.540828.941706@avalon.east> In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 07 Dec 1998 02:04:19 CST." <13931.34728.540828.941706@avalon.east> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 09:21:59 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I'm very disappointed with this mailing list. There is a real > problem which is not technically difficult to solve. I'm hoping that > by raising the issue on this list, I can elicit some constructive > dialog. While the critical commentary has been useful, more > *constructive* suggestions would be much more encouraging. You propose to break one of the fundamental DNS scaling mechnaisms by injecting way too many queries into the system for no good reason. The problem you have is broken or misconfigured zones, perhaps out of your control; broken is broken. Alternatively, the name server you've pointed your resolver to is broken, has poor connectivity or is misconfigured. Fix these things before breaking the architecture of the DNS. While you said you've experienced these problems for 15 years, I haven't had these problems such that doing unnecessary queries would have helped. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message