It's panic time again, boys and girls, according to a ZDNet article. "Microsoft's launch of Windows Vista could slow down or stall traffic on the Net, said Paul Mockapetris, who is widely credited with inventing the Internet's Domain Name System. Mockapetris believes Vista's introduction will cause a surge in DNS traffic because the operating system supports two versions of the Internet Protocol, a technology standard used to send information over computer networks." Ars, however, says there's no need to stockpile batteries and dehydrated food. "Relax, the Internet isn't going anywhere. As it has so many times in the past, it will adapt to the new demands being placed on it. And it will remain true, as they used to say, that it's always September somewhere on the Net."
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Member since:2005-08-18
"You do realize that Mockapetris took this into account when he made his comment, right?"
If he had he wouldn't have made his comment the way he did.
http://lists.oarci.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2006-September/0010...
http://lists.oarci.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2006-September/0010...
Edited 2006-09-09 09:30
Member since:2006-02-15
Neither of those posts demonstrate that Mockapetris didn't take this into account, only that the authors believe as you do that he didn't.
Anyway, this is a matter of informed speculation by people have a deep understanding of the problem domain that got out of hand when it hit the trade press. The only way we'll know whose SWAG was right is to wait and see.
If the problem is no more than ISP DNS servers near the knee, the solution, as you say, is straightfoward. If the problem does extend to the root, which doesn't seem likely, the solution is harder, but still, as you say, not herculean.
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2006-02-15
You do realize that Mockapetris took this into account when he made his comment, right?