Why must Comcast's DNS suck?

Bruce Dawson jbd at codemeta.com
Tue Nov 14 11:39:40 EST 2006


Paul Lussier wrote:
>...
>>> How about the GNHLUG server?  Can we make that a DNS server as a
>>> "membership" benefit?
>>   Well, from a policy standpoint, I have no objections, but I wonder
>> about some technical aspects.  I'm not sure about the performance of
>> that system.  More importantly, unless you have a static IP address,
>> how do we open it up to just "members"?
> 
> We couldn't really restrict it, not practically anyway.  Perhaps we
> could play with DNSSEC, but I don't believe that actually is intended
> for this purpose.

That server (liberty) is bandwidth restricted. I don't recommend opening
it up to the world as a DNS server.

--Bruce


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