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Lead Scientist Responds to Questions on Root Server Queries

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the anti-spam-measure-backlash dept.

cidtoday writes "A CircleID interview with the lead scientist whose study recently revealed that 98% of a main root server queries are unnecessary, reveals that spam has little to do with the issue. In fact, he provides two reasons why anti-spam tools cause more unnecessary queries to the root servers than spam emails. Many other questions previously raised by Slashdot readers on the study are also answered."

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  1. Lead Scientist by uberdave · · Score: 1, Funny

    Did anyone else read "Lead" as the metal, and not as "the one in charge?

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    1. Re:Lead Scientist by EverDense · · Score: 2, Funny

      I read it as "Lead" as in "Lead Guitarist", and subsequently wanted to know which band he was in.

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      http://jesus.everdense.com/
    2. Re:Lead Scientist by rtaylor · · Score: 3, Funny

      No... but my first though on Root Server was a waitress with vegetables.

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      Rod Taylor
  2. 98% of... by $$$$$exyGal · · Score: 3, Funny
    98% of all Slashdot comments are unnecessary. Should you be concerned?

    --sex

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  3. no /.ing, please! by pcardoso · · Score: 5, Funny

    don't go to the article all at once, or those questions will continue unanswered!

  4. This is amazing by graveyhead · · Score: 4, Funny
    Our results showed that 50% of the root server traffic comes from only 220 IP addresses.

    List, please? Hey Bush, forget about Iraq, let's take these bastards out. [grabs ak-47]

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  5. Elvis - one of the most popular hostnames? by topologist · · Score: 4, Funny

    From this article, we've learned the most important truth of our time - elvis is possibly the most popular hostname on the internet (since some large fraction of 12% of the 98% of the queries to the root server are for the top level domain elvis, probably because of a misconfigured resolver). What could this mean? Elvis was the messiah and we just didn't know it? Are there more machines named elvis than Jesus? Are there more elvis impersonators than jesus impersonators? On the other hand, I wonder how many machines are named Gandalf.

  6. Re:Why is this funny? by jcast · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's a pun.

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    There are reasons why democracy does not work nearly as well as capitalism.
    -- David D. Friedman
  7. Re:Excuse me Janitor.. by kyletinsley · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes Scientist?

    I know this isn't your responsibility, but mop the rest of this shit up.