Subj : fsxnet.nz
To   : Oli
From : Vorlon
Date : Wed Feb 02 2022 10:37:50


   Hello Oli!

01 Feb 22 23:00, you wrote to me:

 Ol>>> I told you so: single point of failure ;)

 V>> It was also due to the secondary dns server changing ip's at the
 V>> same time, and Avon not having adjusted his configs.

 Ol> If facebook can fuck up their DNS (by accidentally killing all routes
 Ol> to their global network and locking out their own employees from
 Ol> internal apps and offices), so can we ;).

But on a smaller scale! The things are held together with sticky tape and glue. Something will always break when you
don't expect it. #-(

 Ol> And net[2-5].fsxnet.nz are only CNAMEs, so it's also an additional
 Ol> point of failure.

 Ol> May I suggest that we add the original domain (CNAME) in the NODELIST?
 Ol> Like:

 Ol> ....,INA:net4.fsxnet.nz,INA:bbs.castlerockbbs.com,...

I don't control what gets put into the zone file! Take that up with Avon/Paul....



Vorlon


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