[Starlink] fiber IXPs in space

[Dave Taht]

On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 12:36 PM David Lang <david at lang.hm> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 14 Apr 2023, Rodney W. Grimes via Starlink wrote:
>
> >> I keep wondering when or if Nasa will find a way to move their DNS
> >> root server "up there" . DNS data is not all that much... it is the
> >> original distributed database...
> >
> > As others have pointed out a "root server" may not be very advantages,
> > but what I think would be far better is to put up a couple of anycast
> > recursive caching resolvers, aka 8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4 and almost anyone
> > can do that, including starlink itself.
>
> I believe that the root servers are all (or almost all) anycast nowdays.

Anycast is perfect for an orbital DNS.

>
> David Lang



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