From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-oa1-x36.google.com (mail-oa1-x36.google.com [IPv6:2001:4860:4864:20::36]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A6EFB3B2A4 for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2023 14:54:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-oa1-x36.google.com with SMTP id 586e51a60fabf-187a1387021so1505879fac.3 for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:54:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20221208; t=1681412043; x=1684004043; h=content-transfer-encoding:to:subject:message-id:date:from :references:in-reply-to:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=HDKxNJE/58GjZFKEtANffd5rKqXSITMY/dcaAWErPWw=; b=USYYw6B7CaiSdoSePkLwNo7UQRvnLqzWge5Ae0fQ1cfOt8aB4P8XdJLf434yGN/K30 Coj+ghYwlSrGRtOrt01CrsvISUKAAFFE9qbQ3Jz8XEDfBtZimHKkcYuraIXEVAe9pvDF jBRZjkgSg/ZxK45vYXp88PV2qE3MgRhep3Gt3y5A1sbMgNu32MliHnJY1QeIHGz7ZBx6 VcT0xV+/j6HLRPfOTa9uqyhZRc/DPCqKHNIe/HKjhpnKgE+DMVBzXrG0vBTROj+gEpSN uW8ZTtvLZVYO9BoG6zcjDoHvk3JQE6AfSLbLnKNMTMYFXk78d9j8yav10eqomSx9XGdG phhg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1681412043; x=1684004043; h=content-transfer-encoding:to:subject:message-id:date:from :references:in-reply-to:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=HDKxNJE/58GjZFKEtANffd5rKqXSITMY/dcaAWErPWw=; b=DxTY04RBIHdruoUbvBb0RDBHGjBSWNnEbHbVa4tlocIIn90gwkZc0bja5UASpmn5jY Y9fkRbnFrg78NgggwY2g70mPSD+ky7DOCG0kcigEybRv4H0VRVMcku0RBHNuBWszHdML ENTHcOpFbCTk+rcnX7O8XQ3544mP2UHEPo8CZHfa0UdVR11oTkBYa5nkYdeR2VZapWrV I4RQ8CQMysYKIdzFaRHSJzDWcKkpux2cAcNb2+fxjq19SlTJr63FTLDWaZdjpo1UpB6S dqglSkHiRMFA1MAofea1idhVn7fZ3hpK7GhDZRazXs2mKz9sYjXOSr6072FqRqeqMgGb BG0w== X-Gm-Message-State: AAQBX9e3HH6U2odXb1zl4Mp/RlUspM+sBXAU3FGOWiUPUtlJeisBdlg5 aM5xk92te8rGKZmlTXqQoBbN+nL7tUigarL950Vuy0mXsG/ujg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AKy350Z8qgdq7hECn+SplJga2slzuaEtTvg5CEDhJPmDf7w7mMDiv1s/H72ujYH+8HBQia8shS3+77LtHqJj89aOHZI= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6870:138f:b0:184:8286:a5e0 with SMTP id 15-20020a056870138f00b001848286a5e0mr1689841oas.1.1681412043494; Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:54:03 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a05:6358:d14:b0:112:aa6f:321f with HTTP; Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:54:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1272.1681406523@localhost> References: <1272.1681406523@localhost> From: =?UTF-8?Q?David_Fern=C3=A1ndez?= Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 20:54:03 +0200 Message-ID: To: starlink Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Starlink] fiber IXPs in space X-BeenThere: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Starlink has bufferbloat. Bad." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 18:54:04 -0000 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 : > > David Fern=C3=A1ndez 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. > >