Re: DNS Services for a registrar

[Justin Paine via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

Right -- we could do it, though it would be a first for us.


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On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Filip Hruska <fhr () fhrnet eu> wrote:

> Even for registrars?
>
> Because OP's question was
> > We need to provide DNS services for domains we offer as a registrar.
>
> Best Regards,
> Filip
>
>
> On 12.8.2016 22:11, Justin Paine via NANOG wrote:
>
> > I won't push further than this -- but it seems a bit silly not to
> > mention that CloudFlare provides free AnyCast DNS. You can elect not
> > to even use any of our caching if you just want to use us for DNS.
> >
> > J
> >
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> >
> > On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Peter Beckman <beckman () angryox com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > If there are other metrics in which to measure DNS speed, availability
> > > and
> > > redundancy, I'd love to seeing them. I have but my own datapoint and the
> > > metrics from others. Tear down the testing model, but at least show a
> > > different/better one in return.
> > >
> > > On Fri, 12 Aug 2016, Keith Stokes wrote:
> > >
> > > Route53 can get expensive for lots of domains. Queries are cheap with the
> > > > first 1M free, but if you have 1000 domains you’ll pay $500/month.
> > > >
> > > > You can build dedicated servers in multiple AZs and data centers able to
> > > > handle that many domains for far less.
> > > >
> > > > You might also consider running dedicated servers in each of AWS and
> > > > Azure to avoid a single-provider failure.
> > >
> > >
> > > Having worked for AWS, there is no "global" control plane that would
> > > bring
> > > two regions down at the same time. While possible, due to say a targeted
> > > successful attack on both regions simultaneously, highly unlikely.
> > > Control
> > > and data plane software updates and deployments are done regionally, and
> > > often on an Availability Zone basis where applicable, to ensure there are
> > > no defects.  Automation measures and will automatically roll back code
> > > that
> > > breaks deployment metrics.
> > >
> > > It's pretty sweet. Their internal tools team does amazing things with
> > > automation.
> > >
> > > Route53 is $0.50 per month per "zone" (domain) for the FIRST 25, then
> > > $0.10
> > > per month per zone after that. 1000 domains would be $110 a month, not
> > > $500. 500 million queries at $0.40 per million, another $200/month.
> > >
> > > Who knows if you need that much, but it is pretty affordable.
> > >
> > > Beckman
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> > > Peter Beckman                                                  Internet
> > > Guy
> > > beckman () angryox com
> > > http://www.angryox.com/
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