Re: large organization nameservers sending icmp packets to dns servers.

[Roland Dobbins <rdobbins () cisco com>]

On Aug 10, 2007, at 4:41 PM, Paul Vixie wrote:

> > On the other hand, potentially larger messages may offer the  
> > necessary
> > motivation for adding ACLs on recursive DNS, and deploying BCP 38.
>
> i surely do hope so.  we need those ACLs and we need that  
> deployment, and if
> message size and TCP fallback is a motivator, then let's turn UP  
> the volume.

There are so many more larger and immediate reasons for doing these  
things that I seriously doubt message size and TCP fallback on the  
DNS will have any impact at all in terms of motivating the non- 
motivated.

But, one can always hope.

;>

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