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Re: Performance Issues - PTR Records


From: Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com>
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 22:57:33 -0400 (EDT)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jimmy Hess" <mysidia () gmail com>

There is no need for me to physically create 64k*4bil*4bil on a disk or memory area
somewhere. I can make a plugin for my DNS server to hand you the generic result
when you ask my DNS server what something reverses to...

That is, I can serve you an ephemeral record without requiring an
extra byte of storage beyond the life of your query :)

This is precisely the approach taken by the DNS server package written by 
the tech folks at the late, lamented MindSpring -- the name of which eludes
me for the moment.

Cheers,
-- jra
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