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Re: /8 end user assignment?

  • From: Sabri Berisha
  • Date: Fri Aug 05 07:59:08 2005

On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 11:51:53AM +0000, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> Sabri Berisha <[email protected]> wrote:
> [...]
> > With the use of anycast DNS servers on the internet, TCP is no
> > longer an option for DNS.
> 
> Erm, bollocks.
> 
> Just because a few nameservers are anycasted doesn't mean that the
> vast majority of non-anycasted servers may not use TCP.

Oh I can't agree with that more. No problem in using tcp for
non-anycasted servers..
 
> Optimising the common case of simple lookups so they fit in a UDP
> request makes good sense, but an overzealous determination to stamp
> out TCP DNS is not helpful, since it is rather useful under certain
> circumstances.

I agree here,

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