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Re: /8 end user assignment?


From: "Elmar K. Bins" <elmi () 4ever de>
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 13:50:39 +0200


joelja () darkwing uoregon edu (Joel Jaeggli) wrote:

With the use of anycast DNS servers on the internet, TCP is no longer an
option for DNS.

oddly enough there's been some research on this subject. you might not in 
fact be able to conclude that if your routing is sufficiently stable.

Actually, if you don't allow/do zone transfers (which we don't), TCP/DNS
sessions are sufficiently short-lived to function properly.

Elmar.

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