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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.

  2. 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!

  3. 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. 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."

  5. 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.

  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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