Will Vista Overload the DNS?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday September 7, 2006 @04:35AM 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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Re:Why any different than Linux or MacOS X? by NSIM · 2006-09-07 05:17 · Score: 0, Redundant

> Linux and MacOS X are both capable of having both IPv6 and IPv4 stacks, and in many cases
> this is active by default. Why would Vista cause any more problems?

Just a wild guess here, but if (and that's a big if) Vista causes a problem it will be because millions of systems will be using it, vs. much, much, much smaller numbers for LINUX and OSX combined.