Performance Issues - PTR Records

[jra at baylink.com (Jay Ashworth)]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jimmy Hess" <mysidia at gmail.com>

> There is no need for me to physically create 64k*4bil*4bil on a disk or memory area
> somewhere. I can make a plugin for my DNS server to hand you the generic result
> when you ask my DNS server what something reverses to...
> 
> That is, I can serve you an ephemeral record without requiring an
> extra byte of storage beyond the life of your query :)

This is precisely the approach taken by the DNS server package written by 
the tech folks at the late, lamented MindSpring -- the name of which eludes
me for the moment.

Cheers,
-- jra
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