Register.com DNS outages

Sun Nov 14 19:28:36 UTC 2010

Isn't using register.com considered outsourcing? 

In fact, I'd probably feel better not outsourcing to a big shop who is such a big target.....a little security through obscurity doesn't hurt.... =)

> Subject: Re: Register.com DNS outages
> Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:03:27 -0500
> From: esanborn at tsd-inc.com
> To: fw at deneb.enyo.de; brandon.kim at brandontek.com
> CC: nanog at nanog.org
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> Yes, however register.com does not allow their customers to list both their DNS servers and a customer's DNS server. End result is when the outage on their servers occurs you need to modify the config on their website so that it points back to your private DNS servers. Propagation delays are a pain....
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Florian Weimer <fw at deneb.enyo.de>
> To: Brandon Kim <brandon.kim at brandontek.com>
> Cc: nanog group <nanog at nanog.org>
> Sent: Sun Nov 14 13:48:55 2010
> Subject: Re: Register.com DNS outages
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> * Brandon Kim:
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> > Times like this, makes you curious what kind of infrastructure
> > register.com has? How does one protect against DDOS?
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> You can outsource your DNS, but you better retain a server locally on
> your network, so that you suffer less from that particular shared
> toothbrush.
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