How common is lack of DNS server diversity?

Randy Bush randy at psg.com
Mon Feb 5 15:34:26 UTC 2001


> Several folks have mentioned that they don't see a problem with dns
> failure caused by an inability to reach all of the nameservers for a
> domain - because presumably clients won't be able to reach any of the
> hosts in that domain.

lesson: if you are multi-homed, don't let a dns-risky provider hold your
data, don't get two dns-risky providers, ...

then again, if you have enough clue to multi-home, there is hope that you
have enough clue to provide your own dns service and diversely.

randy




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