Re: NDAA passed: Internet and Online Streaming Services Emergency Alert Study

[Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com>]

On 1/3/21 12:11 PM, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Thomas" <mike () mtcc com>
> > To: nanog () nanog org
> > On 1/2/21 10:31 PM, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > > Yup; it's messy, and in many many different ways.  Won't be a snapshot
> > > rollout.  Not a bad idea, though, if implemented correctly; time to dig
> > > out my notes, I guess.
> > Is there a reason not to use an outbound tcp/quic connection? It was
> > unthinkable years ago to use TCP with DNS, but now we have DoH and the
> > world hasn't spiraled out of control. Heck if you made it a websocket
> > you'd have a built in channel for multi-media html, etc. That is, just
> > push a URL down and fire up a webview that the OS makes certain is in focus.
> Well, TCP means that the servers have to expect to have 100k's of open
> connections; I remember that used to be a problem.
>
> As for D'oH, sure; let's centralize the attack surface.
The only reason I bring up DoH is because now there are tcp connection 
when the day before there were none. I haven't noticed any difference 
since firefox turned it, so they obviously figured out the scaling.

Mike