OT: Forwarding to your ISP

[Barry Margolin]

In article <cbv0gn$20bn$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Kirk Strauser <kirk at strauser.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday 2004-06-30 11:51 am, Barry Margolin wrote:
> > ISP servers are already handling a huge load, so it's not uncommon for
> > them to be overloaded (even the best run ISPs occasionally encounter
> > unexpected activity, or get deliberate DOS attacks), and you'll suffer as
> > a result. 
> 
> That seems pretty reasonable.  It would be introducing a single point of 
> failure where one need not exist.

I was going to say that, but it's not quite true, since you can list 
multiple forwarders.  So unless all of the ISP's servers share a common 
point of failure, you're OK in that respect.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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