vaf@VALINOR.STANFORD.EDU (Vince Fuller) (10/02/89)
A while ago, there was a discussion of the pitfalls involved in setting-up a YP system in the Internet environment. Specifically, the discussion described the scenario under which YP can (and does) cause Internet domain servers to be flooded with bogus requests. Does a summary of this discussion exist? Thanks, Vince Fuller, Stanford Networking
childers@avsd.UUCP (Richard Childers) (10/04/89)
vaf@VALINOR.STANFORD.EDU (Vince Fuller) writes: >A while ago, there was a discussion of the pitfalls involved in setting-up a >YP system in the Internet environment. Specifically, the discussion described >the scenario under which YP can (and does) cause Internet domain servers to >be flooded with bogus requests. Does a summary of this discussion exist? I would also be interested in seeing such a recapitulation ... > Vince Fuller, Stanford Networking -- richard -- * "Domains constitute a futile attempt to defeat anarchy and otherwise * * retard progress." (Steve Bellovin, Peter Honeyman, pathalias(l)) * * * * ..{amdahl|decwrl|octopus|pyramid|ucbvax}!avsd.UUCP!childers *