Re: DNS DOS increasing?

[Stephen Griffin <stephen.griffin () rcn com>]

In the referenced message, James Smith said:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: E.B. Dreger [mailto:eddy+public+spam () noc everquick net]
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 12:08 PM
> To: James Smith
> Cc: nanog () merit edu
> Subject: RE: DNS DOS increasing?
>
> BGP isn't that expensive.
> ----
>
> For some, it is a cost that can be mitigated by "workaround" technologies
> that are cheaper.
>
> Of course, it could be argued that if you're not willing to make the
> investment to do it the BGP way, you don't really need it bad enough. 
>
> Enter the salesman who is heard to tell his prospects "...you don't have the
> cost of BGP, you get the same effect as BGP, and you don't even have to tell
> your ISP!".

With the added benefit of not increasing the routing table size. The downfall
is (potentially) increased address consumption (perhaps mitigated in that
small entities doubling a /28 is still better than lying cheating and stealing
for a "large" PI or PA block).

> James H. Smith II  NNCDS NNCSE
> Systems Engineer
> The Presidio Corporation
>
> By the way, I speak only for myself, which gets me in enough trouble...