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From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <starlink@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
To: Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com>
Cc: Dave Taht via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net>
Subject: Re: [Starlink] fiber IXPs in space
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 07:47:42 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <202304141447.33EElgvA043555@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAA93jw6ES-b_9h0K+wZJ64fB+1T2T8or+WNi9kXjp8w0c248Aw@mail.gmail.com>

> "The Kepler Network will streamline on-orbit communications with a
> network infrastructure designed to act as Internet exchange points
> (IXP) for space-to-space data relay. The Internet-ready constellation
> will deliver data to and from spacecraft in real time, enabling
> high-speed data relay through SDA-standard optical terminals."
> 
> https://kepler.space/2023/04/13/kepler-raises-92-million-usd-series-c-to-complete-internet-ready-optical-constellation/
> 
> 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.

--
Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes@freebsd.org

  reply	other threads:[~2023-04-14 14:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-04-13 15:57 Dave Taht
2023-04-14 14:47 ` Rodney W. Grimes [this message]
2023-04-14 19:36   ` David Lang
2023-04-14 19:50     ` Dave Taht
2023-04-15 23:56       ` Rodney W. Grimes
2023-04-16  7:03         ` Ulrich Speidel
2023-04-16 13:01           ` tom
2023-04-16 13:48             ` Ulrich Speidel
2023-04-13 16:34 David Fernández
2023-04-13 17:22 ` Michael Richardson
2023-04-13 18:54   ` David Fernández
2023-04-13 20:01     ` Michael Richardson
2023-04-13 20:06       ` Tom Evslin
2023-04-16 17:54 David Fernández
2023-04-16 21:22 ` Ulrich Speidel
2023-04-16 22:03   ` David Lang
2023-04-16 22:42     ` Ulrich Speidel
2023-04-16 23:22       ` David Lang
2023-04-17  0:51         ` Ulrich Speidel
2023-04-17  1:04           ` David Lang
2023-04-17  2:08             ` Ulrich Speidel
2023-04-17  2:34               ` David Lang
2023-04-17  3:21                 ` Ulrich Speidel
2023-04-17  5:01                   ` David Lang
2023-04-17  5:50                     ` Sebastian Moeller
2023-04-16 21:58 ` David Lang
2023-04-17 14:38   ` Rodney W. Grimes
2023-04-17 14:47     ` David Fernández
2023-04-17 19:09       ` David Lang
2023-04-17 20:09         ` Ulrich Speidel
2023-04-17 20:37           ` David Lang
2023-04-17 19:00     ` David Lang
2023-04-18  7:46       ` David Fernández
2023-04-18  8:34         ` Sebastian Moeller
2023-04-18 13:30           ` David Fernández
2023-04-18 17:55             ` David Lang
2023-04-18  5:59 ` Chris J. Ruschmann
2023-04-18 13:01   ` David Fernández

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