[dns-operations] can UDP really be used for anything in "today's Internet?"

[Roland Dobbins]

On Mar 23, 2006, at 2:18 PM, Rick Jones wrote:

> With all this talk about spoofing source IPs on DNS queries, open
> relays, amplification and the lack of incentive for BCP38 and such I
> have to wonder - can UDP, with its lack of a "handshake" really be
> used/trusted for anything on "today's Internet?"
>
> And if so, what implications does that have for DNS?
>

It's necessary for applications where the session overhead of TCP and  
the like would be burdensome (like, say, DNS - ;>).  There are some  
newer protocols which are intended to address these issues, but the  
adoption curve is long, and they've yet to be proven in any large- 
scale deployments (chicken-and-egg).

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