On 22 May 2007, Paul Vixie wrote:
apropos of this...
As to NS fastflux, I think you are right. But it may also be an issue of policy. Is there a reason today to allow any domain to change NSs constantly?
...i just now saw the following on comp.protocols.dns.bind ("bind-users@"):
+--- | From: "Wiley Sanders" <bind@wsanders.net> | Newsgroups: comp.protocols.dns.bind | Subject: Hooray, glue updates are instantaneous! | Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 12:08:13 -0700 | X-Original-Message-ID: <e0e823c0705221208p68d5984crfc1fbe02f0c86f00@mail.gmail.com> | X-Google-Sender-Auth: fbac9c128e6c36c7 | | Well, maybe I've been out of the loop for a while but I just changed the IP | address of one of our authoritative name servers on Network Solutions' web | site and it propagated to all the gtld servers within 5 minutes. | | I don't know how this got "fixed" but for all readers out there who may | contributed to making this magic happen, my hat is off to you, and I will | quaff a brew (or more) in your honor as I consider this a significant | contribution to the march of civilization. | | -W Sanders | http://wsanders.net +---
in general, we ought to be willing to implement almost anything if free beer is going to be offered by non-criminal beneficiaries.
If it's once in a long while like with this guy... may not be worth it. :P If it's every 10 minutes like fast fluxers... I want in on that action.
-- Paul Vixie
Gadi.