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Re: DNS - connection limit (without any extra hardware)
From: Matt Ghali <matt () snark net>
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 11:56:07 -0800 (PST)
On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Simon Waters wrote:
I suspect complex rate limiting may be nearly as expensive as providing DNS answers with Bind9.
Indeed. It is generally accepted that it is easier to simply scale your service to provide adequate headroom than implement per-client traffic policies.
of course, you could also work on cleaning up the mess, but I will charitably assume you are working the problem from both directions simultaneously.
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- Re: DNS - connection limit (without any extra hardware), (continued)
- Re: DNS - connection limit (without any extra hardware) Petri Helenius (Dec 08)
- repair zombie machines (was: DNS - connection limit) Jim Popovitch (Dec 08)
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- Re: DNS - connection limit (without any extra hardware) Hank Nussbacher (Dec 09)
- Re: DNS - connection limit (without any extra hardware) Petri Helenius (Dec 10)
- Re: DNS - connection limit (without any extra hardware) Hank Nussbacher (Dec 10)
- Re: DNS - connection limit (without any extra hardware) Gadi Evron (Dec 10)
- Re: DNS - connection limit (without any extra hardware) Petri Helenius (Dec 10)
- Re: DNS - connection limit (without any extra hardware) Jo Rhett (Dec 27)
- Re: DNS - connection limit (without any extra hardware) Matt Ghali (Dec 08)
- Re: DNS - connection limit (without any extra hardware) Luke C (Dec 11)
- Re: DNS - connection limit (without any extra hardware) Luke C (Dec 11)
- Re: DNS - connection limit (without any extra hardware) Simon Waters (Dec 11)
- Re: DNS - connection limit (without any extra hardware) Matt Ghali (Dec 11)
- Re: DNS - connection limit (without any extra hardware) Mark Andrews (Dec 11)
- Re: DNS - connection limit (without any extra hardware) Jo Rhett (Dec 27)