Drak [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2014-05-15 📝 Original message:I am sure the failure here ...
📅 Original date posted:2014-05-15
📝 Original message:I am sure the failure here is probably more mundane like a a service not
restarted, or not on auto restart when server is rebooted and such like.
The dns seeder works pretty efficiently in my experience. Maybe we need
more seeders and to include the ability for zone transfers so existing
seeders can spread their records to multiple servers running standard DNS
servers like bind etc.
On 15 May 2014 12:50, Andreas Schildbach <andreas at schildbach.de> wrote:
> I'm bringing this issue up again. The current Bitcoin DNS seed
> infrastructure is unstable. I assume this is because of we're using a
> custom DNS implementation which is not 100% compatible. There have been
> bugs in the past, like a case sensitive match for the domain name.
>
> Current state (seeds taken from bitcoinj):
>
> mainnet:
>
> seed.bitcoin.sipa.be OK
> dnsseed.bluematt.me OK
> dnsseed.bitcoin.dashjr.org SERVFAIL, tried multiple ISPs
> seed.bitcoinstats.com OK
>
> testnet:
>
> testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org SERVFAIL, just from Telefonica
> testnet-seed.bluematt.me OK (but only returns one node)
>
> Note: Telefonica is one of Europe's largest ISPs.
>
> I would try to improve DNS myself, but I'm not capable of writing C. My
> "fix" would be to reimplement everything in Java -- I doubt you guys
> would be happy with that.
>
>
>
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📝 Original message:I am sure the failure here is probably more mundane like a a service not
restarted, or not on auto restart when server is rebooted and such like.
The dns seeder works pretty efficiently in my experience. Maybe we need
more seeders and to include the ability for zone transfers so existing
seeders can spread their records to multiple servers running standard DNS
servers like bind etc.
On 15 May 2014 12:50, Andreas Schildbach <andreas at schildbach.de> wrote:
> I'm bringing this issue up again. The current Bitcoin DNS seed
> infrastructure is unstable. I assume this is because of we're using a
> custom DNS implementation which is not 100% compatible. There have been
> bugs in the past, like a case sensitive match for the domain name.
>
> Current state (seeds taken from bitcoinj):
>
> mainnet:
>
> seed.bitcoin.sipa.be OK
> dnsseed.bluematt.me OK
> dnsseed.bitcoin.dashjr.org SERVFAIL, tried multiple ISPs
> seed.bitcoinstats.com OK
>
> testnet:
>
> testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org SERVFAIL, just from Telefonica
> testnet-seed.bluematt.me OK (but only returns one node)
>
> Note: Telefonica is one of Europe's largest ISPs.
>
> I would try to improve DNS myself, but I'm not capable of writing C. My
> "fix" would be to reimplement everything in Java -- I doubt you guys
> would be happy with that.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE
> Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos.
> Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform
> available
> Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free."
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs
> _______________________________________________
> Bitcoin-development mailing list
> Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
>
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