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DNS is decentralized, There are 8 root name servers globally distributed and operated by different entities. Whatever you think the problem is there is no amoun
by dkhenry 10y ago
DNS is decentralized, There are 8 root name servers globally distributed and operated by different entities. Whatever you think the problem is there is no amount of "decentralizing" that could be done to address the issues you have seen today.
- detaro 10y agoWell, the attacks right now aim at only one infrastructure provider. If all their customers had a randomly picked second provider set up as well the attackers would have to attack those providers as well. Although it would be interesting to see what scale the current attacks have compared to the theoretically possible, and how well the wider DNS system could cope.
- dkhenry 10y agoI wonder if there would be a way to allow for multiple NS records for a given domain, but still maintain the idea of ownership over that domain by a single party. Like right now I need to have a single registrar put an entry for my NS records into their DNS database, but if the registrar goes down no one will find my NS records. However if someone else was allowed to host my NS records how could I update them and still prove that they all only point to my name servers.
- zzzcpan 10y agoRegistrar doesn't host your NS records, they are hosted on name servers for a particular TLD your domain belongs to. So, if registrar goes down - absolutely nothing will happen. The only way registrar could mess things up is by updating your records incorrectly. And these things do happen from time to time, but are very uncommon. For example, I use domains for decades and was never affected by it.
- wahern 10y ago8 is misleading. There are actually hundreds of servers in distinct locations sharing the same anycast-routed IP address.