Re: What DNS Is Not

[Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

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On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 9:35 PM, David Conrad <drc () virtualized org> wrote:

> On Nov 8, 2009, at 4:59 PM, David Andersen wrote:
> > Z. M. Mao, C. D. Cranor, F. Douglis, and M. Rabinovich. A Precise and
> > Efficient Evaluation of the Proximity between Web Clients and their
> > Local DNS Servers. In Proc. USENIX Annual Technical Conference,
> > Berkeley, CA, June 2002.
>
> Given that paper is 7 years old and the Internet has changed a bit since
> 2002 (and the DNS looks to change somewhat drastically in the relatively
> near future) it might be dangerous to rely too much on their results.
> This might be an interesting area of additional research...

Well, the marketing folks have sure taken advantage of it. It would be nice
to see the technology folks... not just lie there and take it.

- - ferg

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