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Home 22 Sep 2011 Symantec, Responsys, and spam: perfect partners? Email I was most displeased to find the message below in my spam folder today. It was sent by Responsys on behalf of Symantec. I know it is real because it has a valid DKIM signature from symantec-corporation.com. See more ...   posted at: 19:49 :: permanent link to this entry :: 2 comments Stable link is https://jl.ly/Email/symantec.html 17 Sep 2011 The design of the Domain Name System (Part VIII) - Names Outside the DNS Internet In previous installments we've been looking at aspects of the design of the DNS. In today's grand finale we look at the the subtle but very knotty issue of names inside and outside the DNS. See more ...   posted at: 23:59 :: permanent link to this entry :: 0 comments Stable link is https://jl.ly/Internet/dnsdesign8.html 08 Sep 2011 The design of the Domain Name System (Part IV) - Global consistency Internet In the previous installments, we've been looking at aspects of the design of the DNS. Many databases go to great effort to present a globablly consistent view of the data they control, since the alternative is to lose credit card charges and double-book airline seats. The DNS has never tried to to that. The data is roughly consistent, but not perfectly so. See more ...   posted at: 10:15 :: permanent link to this entry :: 0 comments Stable link is https://jl.ly/Internet/dnsdesign4.html The design of the Domain Name System (Part III) - Name structure and delegation Internet In the previous installments, we looked at the overall design of the DNS and the way DNS name matching works. The DNS gains considerable administrative flexibility from its delegation structure. Each zone cut, the place in the DNS name tree where one set of DNS servers hands off to another, offers the option to delegate the administration of a part of the DNS at the delegation point. But for the delegation to work well, the delegation structure has to match the name structure. See more ...   posted at: 10:13 :: permanent link to this entry :: 0 comments Stable link is https://jl.ly/Internet/dnsdesign3.html The design of the Domain Name System (Part I) Internet Over the past 30 years the Domain Name System has become an integral part of the operation of the Internet. Due to its ubiquity and good performance, many new applications over the years have used the DNS to publish information. But as the DNS and its applications have grown farther from its original use in publishing information about Internet hosts, questions have arisen about what applications are appropriate for publication in the DNS, and how one should design an application to work well with the DNS. See more ...   posted at: 10:08 :: permanent link to this entry :: 0 comments Stable link is https://jl.ly/Internet/dnsdesign1.html 07 Sep 2011 The design of the Domain Name System (Part V) - Large data Internet In the previous four installments, we've been looking at aspects of the design of the DNS. Today we look at the amount of data one can ask the DNS to store and to serve to clients. See more ...   posted at: 22:43 :: permanent link to this entry :: 0 comments Stable link is https://jl.ly/Internet/dnsdesign5.html The design of the Domain Name System (Part VI) - Overloaded record types Internet In the five previous exciting installments, we've been looking at aspects of the design of the DNS. Today we look at records types, and how you can tell what a DNS record means. See more ...   posted at: 22:23 :: permanent link to this entry :: 0 comments Stable link is https://jl.ly/Internet/dnsdesign6.html 06 Sep 2011 The design of the Domain Name System (Part VII) - Related names are not related Internet In previous installments we've been looking at aspects of the design of the DNS. Today we look at the relationship of similar names in the DNS. See more ...   posted at: 00:44 :: permanent link to this entry :: 0 comments Stable link is https://jl.ly/Internet/dnsdesign7.html

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