The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick O'Keefe) writes: > I don't think it's "out of ignorance" at all. As I understand it, the > whole concept of DNS lookups is built around recursion - "I don't > know, but know does". The only 2 real choices are "I'll go ask > him" or "You go ask him". (Maybe only the first is considered > recursive. I don't know DNS processing that well. I'm not even > sure the 2nd option is part of standard DNS processing.) the domain name infrastructure is sort of a combination of a hierarchy and mesh. both clients and servers can point to any place in the infrastructure (servers point to other places in the infrastructure for information that they aren't the authoritative server). both clients and servers may cache information from other places in the infrastructure. Lists of other servers to ask (used by both clients and servers) frequently have a minimum of two ... but sometimes can have dozens (somewhat blurs the distinction between what is client and what is server). most ISP clients get automatically setup to point at the DNS servers run by that ISP. For something a little different, here is a service that is advertising itself as a preferred alternative to default ISP DNS servers ... goes into some detail about DNS as part of supporting their claims as to being "better": http://www.opendsn.com/ slightly older post with several references about the domain name infrastructure vulnerabiilty http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008j.html#87 CLIs and GUIs also mentions that the inventor of DNS having earlier done a stint at the science center http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#545tech recent post on the subject in a.f.c ng http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008k.html#78 Secure64 Develops First Automated DNSSEC Signing Application to Help Secure the Internet Worldwide and repeat in thread in comp.arch http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008k.html#79 Larrabee details: Yes, it is based on the Pentium. :-) above mentions that one of the founders of Secure64 had also worked on 801/risc http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#801 however, it doesn't mention that they had also earlier been responsible for dual-address space mode on 3033. -- 40+yrs virtualization experience (since Jan68), online at home since Mar70 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
