14 Oct
2015
14 Oct
'15
4:28 p.m.
Randy, On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 15:20:57 +0200 Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:
from a discussion in montréal
q: why do we anycast dns? a: for attack resistance, latency is a secondary effect
q: what are the majority of queries? a: trash
q: where should we place instances? a: near folk who need queries answered. bzzzt! no! a: near the sources of the rubbish so it can be absorbed quickly
Interesting point. This suggests a better (new?) metric is needed. I'm not exactly sure what this would be though. :) Cheers, -- Shane