From: Victor Duchovni (no email)
Date: Thu Nov 01 2007 - 10:28:31 EDT
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 10:17:42AM -0400, Jorey Bump wrote:
> ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4-P1 <<>> mx bobich.net
> ;; global options: printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 24305
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 65, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 4
>
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;bobich.net. IN MX
Wow, 65 MX records, and the response is truncated with UDP and requires a
TCP query. The OP is detonating H-bombs on foot. 2-5 MX hosts are enough,
if you need more (equal weight to spread the load), get a load-balancer
that either splits TCP traffic or randomizes DNS responses with short
TTLs.
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