From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 17 15:01:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE8BF106564A for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:01:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kelly.terry.jones@gmail.com) Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com (rn-out-0910.google.com [64.233.170.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7B9C8FC19 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:01:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kelly.terry.jones@gmail.com) Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k50so5536245rnd.3 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:01:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition; bh=/paqrAAeA2SlgA4/83nvjA8gYMNmuyg6nOf1/RW2qhk=; b=kOnraugS9VBaL1YQqidF1dlm411JzGMp8nQP9fBQ8vtl1OAF3c0Xwk4nj8hCCDb267 +PZ4IF/xi+JsNmfQ0OMjEmohRzDoqjwNlOf8263SDCXpaLO/EcatY6yMhPCgWun9k0qE gGN638IjoB2jFPv1crH4ssUF56eTw+a/m8Who= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=gwnI+2DlQKM/hPsxqRqKylCHIXZxi05C0QDY2Boi5RC4cUEJ9c7yeZn1+jWROwVZjX YFVOX5LdKw9b6oonW3ZjmFqs3BdXprt1LLBLnlNnWtboJcN2pBs602mZfVlCCBwgrxde pSxgfThGpEoPX9nSwrdLtEEp8VeuO+K/ZgRsY= Received: by 10.65.112.13 with SMTP id p13mr676929qbm.99.1229526072716; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:01:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.18.2 with HTTP; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:01:12 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <26face530812170701n4160dba2ve183d8860b6d4a69@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:01:12 -0700 From: "Kelly Jones" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Publishing information via DNS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:01:14 -0000 Has anyone tried publishing non-DNS information via DNS? Advantages: % Automatic distributed caching on various nameservers. % UDP, so no TCP overhead I know SPF uses this, and clamav publishes their current version number this way, but has anyone done this on a large scale basis? -- We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile.