The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well.
[email protected] (Paul Gilmartin) writes: > I often wonder whether a reason TCP/IP triumphed over SNA was > that SNA didn't provide a facility with the scalability of DNS. re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009q.html#82 Small Server Mob Advantage http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009q.html#83 Small Server Mob Advantage http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009r.html#0 Small Server Mob Advantage for other topic drift ... I've frequently pontificated on possible "catch-22" implications that DNSSEC might have for the domain name certification authority industry: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subpubkey.html#catch22 some recent DNS news for slightly other topic drift: Google Public DNS: But Is It Safe? http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3851101/Google+Public+DNS+But+Is+It+Safe.htm Geez, Google Wants to Take Over DNS, Too http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/geez-google-wants-to-take-over-dns-too/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired27b+%28Blog+-+27B+Stroke+6+%28Threat+Level%29%29 Google Public DNS and Your Privacy http://www.pcworld.com/article/183671/google_public_dns_and_your_privacy.html Google Public DNS: What It Means For Your Privacy http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/120309-google-public-dns-what-it.html Google To Boost Internet Speed With New Public DNS Resolver http://www.crn.com/security/222000590 Google Public DNS offers speed, few features http://blogs.computerworld.com/15193/google_dns Google wants to unclog Net's DNS plumbing Deep Tech http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10408624-264.html Google Introduces Public DNS Service http://www.domainnamenews.com/search-engines/google-introduces-public-dns-service/6747 Google expands plan to run own internet http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/03/google_public_dns/ Google Public DNS: Wonderful Freebie or Big New Menace? http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/120309-google-public-dns-wonderful-freebie.html Google launches free public DNS http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/120309-google-launches-free-public.html Google Launches Free Public DNS http://www.pcworld.com/article/183643/google_launches_free_public_dns.html Google launches free public DNS http://www.macworld.com/article/144716/google_dns.html -- 40+yrs virtualization experience (since Jan68), online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

