[Starlink] fiber IXPs in space

[David Fernández]

The delay up to GEO and back is slightly more than half a second.

I am not aware of any space situated systems making DNS queries, are
there any, even proposed?

Maybe for the IPFS?
https://libre.space/2023/04/12/ipfs-tiny/

Regards,

David

2023-04-13 19:22 GMT+02:00, Michael Richardson <mcr at sandelman.ca>:
>
> David Fernández via Starlink wrote:
>     > Wondering what benefit would have for any space agency to move its
> DNS
>     > root server "up there"?
>
> Probably very little.
>
>     > Is GEO an option?
>
> The delay up to GEO and back is pretty long.
> LEO would be better, but doesn't stay in the same place for many.
> But, how often do you need to query root name servers if you cache well?
>
> But, advantages that I can see:
>
> 1) power.  uninterrupted, disjoint from terrestrial infrastructure.
> 2) so available all over a hemisphere despite whatever disaster occurs.
> 3) can answer queries from other space situated systems.
>
>