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The random nameservers are only accidentally a defense against this attack. They're avoiding SPOFs, including TLDs -- you never receive nameservers in the same
by jsmthrowaway 10y ago
The random nameservers are only accidentally a defense against this attack. They're avoiding SPOFs, including TLDs -- you never receive nameservers in the same TLD for example. It's a reliability and scaling consideration with this accidental benefit.
Most admins don't think about a complete TLD failure. Amazon did.
- tszming 10y ago>> accidental benefit. Agree >> Most admins don't think about a complete TLD failure. Amazon did. I think companies such as Google or Facebook did think that before, but I am not sure why they didn't follow this trick.