(gah! Sent my reply to discuss-list instead of dev-list... And sent it
before I was done typing. Sorry 'bout that)
> Dave Warren <maillist@devilsplayground.net> wrote:
> >Beyond 512 bytes, you just can't use UDP -- You can have
> >larger records using TCP.
>
> It's allways nice when a web site takes 5 to 10 seconds to
> resolve. :)
Yes well. I'm not saying I'd recommend it, but it's possible.
> >More importantly though, we're not just talking number of
> >IPs per host, there is also the number of hosts (each
> >with a unique IP) which would avoid the UDP packet size
> >limit, but might be a legitimate use for 1000+ records.
>
>
> I guess I'm not understanding can you give an example?
@ A 1.2.3.4
www A 1.2.3.4
mail A 1.2.3.4
@ MX mail
webmail CNAME mail
host1 A 1.1.1.1
host2 A 1.1.1.2
host3 A 1.1.1.3
(insert more hosts here)
host498 A 1.1.2.243
host499 A 1.1.2.244
host500 A 1.1.2.245
My question isn't so much "Is this a good idea" but rather "Why define any
limits at all". Or put another way "What is the problem you're trying to
solve"?
As a customer I get annoyed by needless arbitrairy limits.
A common example is voicemail, why can I only keep a message for 21 days?
How does it hurt anybody if I want to keep a message longer then that?
Why should the telco care if I get 50 messages today, or one message a day
for the last 50 days? -- But I digress.
It just seems odd to put a sanity limit when there is no harm caused by
exceeding the limit.
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