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Re: [SHAME] Spam Rats


From: JP Viljoen <froztbyte () froztbyte net>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:43:26 +0200

On 10 Jan 2013, at 6:41 AM, Mark Andrews <marka () isc org> wrote:
No. A /64 has 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 addresses.  Even if you
had machines that supported zettabytes of data the zone would never
load in human lifetimes.

Because hitting things in memory is the only way we can ever respond to a data request.

This wording is about as excellent as those who've been quoted on record to say people wouldn't want TVs ("boxes of 
wood") in their living rooms, etc.

-J

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