Re: UltraDNS: Internet Security Shield?

[John Payne <john () sackheads org>]

On Oct 19, 2005, at 10:53 AM, Jordan Wiens wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, John Payne wrote:
>
>
> > On Oct 18, 2005, at 10:44 AM, Jordan Wiens wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Sure, the IP may be resolvable, but in the event of a network  
> > > failure or a ddos on the public internet, it doesn't matter if  
> > > you can resolve the domain, it's still likely to be unreachable.
> >
> > I think you're looking to overstate the problem that this is  
> > trying to solve.
> > There's a very specific problem-set and this is a very specific  
> > solution to that.
>
> That's why I quoted their summary -- they appear to make that claim:
>
> "In the event of a DDoS attack on the public Internet or other  
> network failure, DNS Shield partner customers' queries are isolated  
> from the effects and continue to be resolved locally ensuring  
> domains powered by UltraDNS are 100% accessible."
>
> My point is that those domains are not necessarily 100%  
> accessible.  They may be 100% resolvable, but it's not the same thing.

I disagree.  A domain being accessible means that it resolves.   
Server accessibility or domain usefulness is different :p


> When a newspaper reporter reads that and writes up a story, do you  
> think it's going to say that UltraDNS protects the ability of a  
> domain to be resolved, but not necessarily access to the server  
> that's resolved?  Or do you think it's going to say that it  
> "protects servers against DDoS attacks"?

Well, thats why marketing writeup press releases not tech folk.   
Publicity is publicity is publicity

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