Re: Minimizing DNS-SD queries (was unescaped double quotes in TXT record)

Joseph Tam wrote:

> I later found out that the bulk of these DNS-SD queries were as a
> result of MacOSX client misconfigurations, and fixing them seems to
> quell some of the query storms.  Minimizing DNS-SD queries still
> seem a worthwhile goal though.

The problem here appears to be broken clients - how can you minimise
what the clients are sending at the server end?  If they're not
taking NXDOMAIN as a hint, then perhaps taking it up to a DoS level
might be an appropriate solution?  (said in semi-jest).


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  Daryl Tester

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