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Will Vista Overload the DNS?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the internet-collapses-film-at-11 dept.

Jamie Northern writes, "Thanks to new directory software, Windows Vista could put a greater load on Internet DNS servers. But experts disagree over whether we're headed for a prime-time traffic jam or an insignificant slowdown. Paul Mockapetris,inventor of DNS, believes Vista's introduction will cause a surge in DNS traffic because the operating system supports two versions of the Internet Protocol (IPv4 and IPv6). David Ulevitch, chief executive at OpenDNS, a provider of free DNS services, said Vista's use of IPv6 will not disrupt the Internet at large. 'DNS can be improved, but predicting its collapse is just spreading FUD.'"

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  1. one solution comes to mind by Tjebbe · · Score: 4, Insightful

    just friggin deploy ipv6

  2. Of course it won't cause an overload by A+beautiful+mind · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When Vista comes out, it will be introduced gradually compared to the millions of installed Win98/NT/XP systems.

    It will take years until/if it reaches considerable marketshare. ISPs have plenty of time to upgrade in the meantime.

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  3. Useless to blame this on Vista by casualsax3 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This has to do with the necessary gradual migration from IPV4 to IPV6, and has nothing to do with Vista. Besides, only routers that support IPv6 will even route the DNS requests to DNS servers. If we want to switch to IPV6, every OS out there is going to have support both in tandem like this. You can't bitch about the slow adoption of IPV6, and then turn around and bitch again when there are insignificant consequences related to the transition.

  4. Re:Windows IPv6 support by TubeSteak · · Score: 4, Insightful
    we're going to run out of new IPv4 addresses to hand out in a few years.
    I agree with you that it'll happen in the long term.

    BUT, in the short term, (w/c)ouldn't the shortage be helped by redistributing some of the address floating around unused on Class A & B networks?

    It's funny, because some of the arguments made by Class A holders against giving back their block, is that they don't want to spend the time & money and/or go through the hassle of renumbering their networks if the arrival of IPv6 is going to moot the issue.

    And of course, nobody wants to spend the money to implement IPv6 unless they have to.
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