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Why can you delete DNS records? Well it's pretty common to want to do so (usually followed by adding some new ones). Your doctor has a syringe as a medical ins
by mc3 7y ago
Why can you delete DNS records? Well it's pretty common to want to do so (usually followed by adding some new ones).
Your doctor has a syringe as a medical instrument. They can kill if not used correctly.
- jiggawatts 7y agoThis is not the user manually deleting records. This is the doctor seeing a patient that hasn't moved in a few hours and executing them: https://community.cloudflare.com/t/does-cloudflare-automatically-purge-dns-zones/140898/3 https://community.cloudflare.com/t/does-cloudflare-automatic... Oh wait, he was just sleeping? Ah, well... "oops". There is exactly one reason you'd delete customer data without their active involvement: They're overdue on their bill and have ignored all warnings and communications. That's it. There are no other reasons. Feel free to disable things if they're a security risk, but Do. Not. Delete. Customer. Data. Ever.
- mc3 7y agoUgh! I may have interpreted the comment I responded to wrong, and replied to my own strawman. I think you need the power for the user to delete records (obviously) but this could mean a bug in the system could cause the records to be deleted. But it sounds from what you are saying that they sort of "intentionally" deleted the records (not sure if a human had the intent or an algorithm?) but if intentionally deleted yes that sucks, there is no reason for that I can think of, given what they do is about handling DDOS. Unless the mechanism exists for legal reasons, i.e. they are forced to take some sites down by the government or law suits.