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BARAK's DNS - Please read on

Michael Lewinger
Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:39:52 -0700

Hello,

I wrote the list a few days ago regarding BARAK's DNS misbehavior, and
I have received a few answers, all of them confirming my findings:
BARAK's default DNS servers, as defined by DHCP, are NOT working
properly, so that several domains are either: a) not resolving at all
(DNS timeout), b) resolving only after 30 seconds or so, or c)
sometimes, resolving OK.

I have worked out the stats, it seems that a) and b) account for
between 80% and 90% of the DNS replies, which means LOTS of wasted
time to the user (time=money ?). The culprits are the DNS servers
212.150.49.10 and 62.90.42.110. I'm not aware of the scope of this
behavior, which domains are affected, or if it has been solved
already.

My testbed was http://petri.co.il, but my own domain
(http://mbrcomp.co.il, in construction) also suffers from the same
syndrome, as any BARAK subscriber can check.

I have spent about 6 hours of talking and writing to BARAK support and
system groups, and haven't seen the issue addressed at any practical
level. I'm disappointed with their response, and the lack of interest
of barak's business support team.

I'm not suggesting any course of action, or endorsing any campaign,
but this is a free country, and ranting is allowed and even
encouraged... :^)

Cheers,

-- 
Michael Lewinger
MBR Computers
http://mbrcomp.co.il

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