Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!claris!sts!octopus!avsd!childers From: childers@avsd.UUCP (Richard Childers) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: YP and the domain system Message-ID: <2117@avsd.UUCP> Date: 3 Oct 89 21:52:29 GMT References:Reply-To: childers@avsd.UUCP (Richard Childers) Organization: Metaprogrammers International Lines: 18 vaf@VALINOR.STANFORD.EDU (Vince Fuller) writes: >A while ago, there was a discussion of the pitfalls involved in setting-up a >YP system in the Internet environment. Specifically, the discussion described >the scenario under which YP can (and does) cause Internet domain servers to >be flooded with bogus requests. Does a summary of this discussion exist? I would also be interested in seeing such a recapitulation ... > Vince Fuller, Stanford Networking -- richard -- * "Domains constitute a futile attempt to defeat anarchy and otherwise * * retard progress." (Steve Bellovin, Peter Honeyman, pathalias(l)) * * * * ..{amdahl|decwrl|octopus|pyramid|ucbvax}!avsd.UUCP!childers *