[dns-operations] compressing DNS traffic data

[Edward Lewis]

At 10:36 +0000 12/8/10, Jim Reid wrote:

>I fail to understand this angels-on-pinhead debate when storage costs less
>than a tenth of a cent per gigabyte in mainstream retail outlets.

Jim, at RIPE 61's MAT WG meeting I gave a presentation on our DNS 
measurement activity 
(http://ripe61.ripe.net/presentations/351-RIPE61MATWG-Lewis.pdf). 
Slide 11 is titled "Compression is King."  In a nutshell - 
compression is very important.

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