Michel Arboi wrote:
>> We run tinydns and ensure our DNS records are always small enough to fit
>> within a single UDP packet
>>     
>
> I understand the trick, but can you be sure of the behaviour of the
> remote client software?
>   
You're saying there are DNS clients out there that *default* to TCP for
DNS lookups???

We've been running this "trick" for many years now. Never heard of
anyone not being able to connect to our MX records, DNS servers, Web
servers, etc, etc (of course, we never would hear from anyone having a
problem ;-)

-- 
Cheers

Jason Haar
Information Security Manager, Trimble Navigation Ltd.
Phone: +64 3 9635 377 Fax: +64 3 9635 417
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