Re: news from Google

[Ben Carleton <bc-list () beztech net>]

I don' think that google will be able to kill opendns right now. Neither google nor any of the other well known DNS 
services provide the "value-added services" that OpenDNS does, such as filtering, etc which can be a godsend for small 
businesses that can't afford a rackful of gear...


BGC

On Dec 4, 2009, at 5:15 PM, Martin Hannigan wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:37 PM, <bmanning () vacation karoshi com> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 03:34:10PM -0500, Martin Hannigan wrote:
> > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Christopher Morrow
> > > <morrowc.lists () gmail com>wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 5:53 AM, Richard Bennett <richard () bennett com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >  Google will be all sweetness and light until they've crushed
> > OpenDNS,
> > > > >  and when the competitor's out of the picture, they'll get down to
> > the
> > > > >  monetizing.
> > > >
> > > > one note: OpenDNS is not the only 'competitor' here.... just one of
> > > > the better obviously known ones.
> > > >
> > > > ie:
> > > > 4.2.2.2  L(3)
> > > > 198.6.1.1/2/3/4/5/122/142/146/195 ex-UU
> > > > Neustar (can't recall ips, sorry)
> > > >
> > > > -chris
> > >
> > >
> > > Why did Google put an infrastructure critical application into PA space?
> >
> >        whats PA space in this context?  clearly 8.0.0.0/8 was allocated
> >       prior to any current group-think about what PA might be.
> >
> > --bill
>
>
> Let's call it "conceptual PA". I'm simply asking why something that has the
> potential to impact all of us is being numbered into address space other
> than their own?
>
> And before the thinkpol start in, I'm referring to the v4 addresses and
> their status. It's a fair question since it has major impact on the net. If
> the store for legacy v4 addresses is open I'd like to know what street it's
> on.
>
> Best,
>
> -M<
>
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