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Re: [DNSOP] Some distinctions and a request - Have some class?

Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr> Sun, 05 July 2015 12:33 UTC

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From: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr>
To: Steve Crocker <steve@shinkuro.com>
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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Some distinctions and a request - Have some class?
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On Sun, Jul 05, 2015 at 04:56:21AM -0700,
 Steve Crocker <steve@shinkuro.com> wrote 
 a message of 23 lines which said:

> It would be acceptable to simply dump requests for those names if
> the load is too high.

In that case, resolvers try and try again, which is even worse for the
authoritative name servers. Also, deciding whether to reply or not may
be more work than just replying.

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