Re: [ga] .et wildcarded

[Joe Baptista <baptista@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ross Rader wrote:

> On 18-Nov-07, at 9:17 PM, Joe Baptista wrote:
>
> > Wildcards in fact are a good thing from the dns perspective.  They  
> > reduce overall traffic to the zone.
>
>
> That's ridiculous.
>
> Who says reducing traffic to the zone is a good thing?

reducing error is always good

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/05/dud_queries_swamp_us_internet/

a 98% error rate is not good.

cheers
joe baptista

> Ross Rader
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