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98% of DNS Queries at the Root Level are Unnecessary

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the internet-would-be-fine-if-it-weren't-for-users dept.

LEPP writes "Scientists at the San Diego Supercomputer Centerfound that 98% of the DNS queries at the root level are unnecessary. This doesn't even take into account the 99.9% of web pages suck or are unnecessary anyways. This means that the remaining 2% of necessary DNS queries are probably not necessary either."

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  1. In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    99% of slashdot posts are unnecessary.

    1. Re:In other news by apdt · · Score: 3, Funny

      50% of /. posts are duplicates

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    2. Re:In other news by heff · · Score: 2, Funny

      50% of /. posts are duplicates

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    3. Re:In other news by MulluskO · · Score: 1, Funny

      50% of /. posts are duplicates

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  2. DNS queries are for lamers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Real man know IPs.

    1. Re:DNS queries are for lamers by bbh · · Score: 3, Funny

      I just decided to put the entire Internet into my hosts file.

      bbh

    2. Re:DNS queries are for lamers by Znonymous+Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      I do a daily backup of the internet..

      Oh yea, well... I do a daily backup for Gopher to punch cards.

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    3. Re:DNS queries are for lamers by buttahead · · Score: 2, Funny

      i do daily backup of archie to a series of paper cups organized in such a manner as to readable by low flying planes.

  3. .elvis? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's a thought! But we'd have to create servers for .vim, .pico, and .emacs as well...

    1. Re:.elvis? by bpfinn · · Score: 2, Funny

      RMS would prefer that you use .nano instead of .pico.

    2. Re:.elvis? by nelsonal · · Score: 2, Funny

      RMS also prefers that you use .GNU/nano over pico.

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    3. Re:.elvis? by JimDabell · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes, but would sites in .emacs only be available to broadband users?

    4. Re:.elvis? by Dannon · · Score: 2, Funny

      Now there's an idea! Using "Mork" as a pseudonym, I'll register the domain na.GNU/nano!

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  4. Good thinking, Sparky. by grub · · Score: 2, Funny


    98% of the DNS queries at the root level are unnecessary. [...] This means that the remaining 2% of necessary DNS queries are probably not necessary either."

    Uhh... right, eliminate 100% of the root queries, they aren't needed..

    sheeeesh..

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  5. No wonder these servers have so many problems by PiGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's no wonder these servers have so many problems - there's thirteen of them! They need a lucky #14 - a Bilbo Baggins for their horde of dwarves. That'll stop those DoS attacks and unnecessary requests right away!

    1. Re:No wonder these servers have so many problems by Lord+Sauron · · Score: 2, Funny

      >One server to update them all!

      It's wrong. The correct is
      "One server to BIND them all!"

  6. 98% of Slashdot Comments are Unnecessary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Scientists at the San Diego Supercomputer Centerfound that 98% of the Slashdot comments at the root level are unnecessary. This doesn't even take into account the 99.9% of Slashdot stories that suck or are unnecessary anyways. This means that the remaining 2% of necessary Slashdot comments are probably not necessary either.

  7. In related news by Walterk · · Score: 4, Funny

    74.4% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

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    1. Re:In related news by PunchMonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

      100% of all queries would be unnecessary if all the lazy 'net users would just maintain their own hosts file and use IP addresses....

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    2. Re:In related news by Zordak · · Score: 4, Funny
      74.4% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
      And 100% of users who post that same old joke again should be shot on the spot.
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    3. Re:In related news by ArsonSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

      and 6 out of 5 of them have no basis in reality what so ever.

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    4. Re:In related news by Ack_OZ · · Score: 2, Funny

      And 100% of users who post that same old joke again should be shot on the spot.

      and then Profit! ;)

  8. Vatican by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Scientists at the Vatican Praying Center found that 98% of the prayer queries at the God level are unnecessary."

  9. Re:99.9% by bucklesl · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fr tht mttr, mst vwls r nt ncssry eithr.

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  10. Re:So... they looked at one server.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Not if you notice the source, I have done work with sdsc and while they may have super computers, not many of the people there are super at using them.

  11. Re:The real root of the problem... by NineNine · · Score: 4, Funny

    DNS *does* suck! I mean, who wants to go through all of the trouble of laboriously remembering and typing "slashdot.org" in a browser when they can much more easily remember and type in "234.54.197.233.90.222"?? I pray for that day, also.

  12. DNS Moderation by MarkGriz · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about coming up with a DNS Moderation system.
    The root servers give say 50 karma points to each IP address issuing a query.
    If the query is unnecessary, it gets modded "-1 redundant".
    When karma hits 0, it stops responding to further queries.
    DNS eventually stops working at that site, admin pulls head out of ass and fixes the problem causing the redundant DNS queries.

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  13. Huh? IPv6 a cure for DNS? by Pii · · Score: 4, Funny
    Maybe this was meant as a joke, but on the off chance that it wasn't, allow me to reiterate the subject of my reply...

    Huh?

    Maybe I've been asleep at the wheel when it comes to all of the advantages of IPv6, but how on earth does it alleviate the need for a functioning DNS service?

    Do you imagine that it will somehow be easier for people to remember IP addresses that are 128 bits in length than it is to remember them in their current 32 bit dotted decimal form?

    I guess these will be what we have to look forward to in your DNS-free world of the future:

    • http://[FEDC:BA98:7654:3210:FEDC:BA98:7654:3210] :80/index.html
    • http://[1080:0:0:0:8:800:200C:417A]/index.html
    • http://[3ffe:2a00:100:7031::1]
    • http://[1080::8:800:200C:417A]/foo
    • http://[::192.9.5.5]/ipng
    • http://[::FFFF:129.144.52.38]:80/index.html
    • http://[2010:836B:4179::836B:4179]

    Riiiight.

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  14. In other news ... by borgdows · · Score: 2, Funny

    Scientists at the San Diego Supercomputer Center found that 98% of the remaining (necessary) DNS queries are related to porn websites!

  15. memory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It should be a pre-requisite to remember each and every ip address before accessing the internet.
    Problem solved.!! :)

    1. Re:memory by boneshintai · · Score: 2, Funny

      1.1.1.1... 1.1.1.2... 1.1.1.3...

  16. Re:Huh? IPv6 a cure for DNS? by fliplap · · Score: 2, Funny

    yes, but now everyone's IP can look like:

    3ffe:10d7:::dead:beef:cafe:babe
    and
    2001:234d: ::be:a:beef:ace

    what exciting words and numbers can you come up with 1234567890ABCDEF!

  17. Acronym soup by Linuxathome · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let me get this straight. This is a study of DNS conducted by CAIDA at SDSC at UCSD? I need a host list for these acronyms!

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  18. Fess up... by FuzzyDaddy · · Score: 4, Funny
    How many people just went and checked to see if there's an .elvis TLD?


    Actually, I've always had a theory that Microsoft coined ".msn" because they wanted to get their own top level domain.

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  19. Re:Ignant by DavidTC · · Score: 2, Funny
    The thing to do to fix this is to hack the root servers to pretend that a random number is a TLD, and point then at a fake TLD server that gives out the IP address of 127.0.0.1 for any query.

    All those broken programs would immediately stop working.

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