DNS reliability (Re: [oclug] RedHat Enterprise and HP servers)

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 01:21:53PM -0400, Charlie Brady wrote:
> Not even that if it's a software failure which occurs. Most DNS outages 
> are software problems, aren't they?

I don't think I've ever seen a DNS outage caused by problems with BIND.
Caused by badly configured software, yes.  Caused by router problems,
more frequently.  Caused by politics, most frequently.

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