[dns-operations] After Google Mail, Google Docs, Google Wave... Google DNS

[Noel Butler]

On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 06:32 +0000, Paul Vixie wrote:

> (duane, this is about protocol assumptions, not about google per se.)
> 
> > From: Noel Butler <noel.butler at ausics.net>
> > Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:01:01 +1000
> > 
> > > Using *any* external DNS recursive service limits the effectiveness of
> > > GeoIP when used by authoritative servers, at least without a DNS
> > > equivalent to HTTP's X-Forwarded-For.
> > 
> > Correct, but does google warn you of things like this? 
> 
> i don't know but i hope not.  isp's and enterprises have been anycasting
> and/or centralizing their internal recursive dns servers for decades now.


Exactly the point I've made in more than one post, so why add 900ms to a
DNS request is beyond me, but some people with think its "cool" so
will... at least here they will no longer get 900ms responses they'll
get 5-11 :)

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