From: Mike Fleming Date: 23:35 on 11 Apr 2006 Subject: I Hate DNS It's so easy to mis-configure, and so difficult to test. For example, this works: % dig @xx.xx.xx.x we.hates-software.com But this doesn't: % dig @xx.xx.xx.x we.hates-software.com So I may or may not be able to get to this site, depending upon who's DNS server I use.
From: Rob Scovell-Lightfoot Date: 23:39 on 11 Apr 2006 Subject: Re: I Hate DNS Yes, and that hate can be expanding to routing in general. One false move and you've lost your connection to that client's server across the planet ... until they can send someone into the datacentre to fix it ... nasty ... (It happened to me ... but luckily I could get into a neighbouring server and use IPv6 to get in and fix it ...) Rob On 12/04/2006, at 10:35 AM, Mike Fleming wrote: > It's so easy to mis-configure, and so difficult to test. > > For example, this works: > > % dig @xx.xx.xx.x we.hates-software.com > > But this doesn't: > > % dig @xx.xx.xx.x we.hates-software.com > > > So I may or may not be able to get to this site, depending upon who's > DNS server I use.
From: sabrina downard Date: 16:29 on 12 Apr 2006 Subject: Re: I Hate DNS > Yes, and that hate can be expanding to routing in general. One false > move and you've lost your connection to that client's server across the > planet ... until they can send someone into the datacentre to fix it > ... nasty ... That's nothing. Wait until someone who just got enable advertises your link as the best route to everything in a major nap. It's all fun and games (and "why did the network just get so slow?") until your upstream provider takes your T3 away. grateful not to have had access to any border routers and their hateful configs for a very long time now, --s.
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