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0 pointsthinkMOAR8y ago0 comments

I use a ton of registrars, almost all have equal simple dns management as CF. Which requires a party less to use or leak traffic information to.

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_eht8y ago· 3 in thread

What is the turnaround time for DNS to propogate on all of those registrars? Are you forced into waiting for TTL's to expire?

I may be wrong but I think eugeneionesco is referencing instant DNS changes which come as a benefit of using Cloudflare and other large DNS management companies. I've never personally seen a registrar offer anything like that.

eugeneionesco8y ago

Almost instant DNS change is something that I kinda take for granted. Surprising that's so rare...

mugsie8y ago

well ... the protocol was designed not do that.

DNS is "just" a globally distributed, eventually consistent, key:value store, with a ton of caching built into it.

Also, while it may look instant to you, it may not be to your customers / users / other internet people.

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rasz8y ago

are you one of those people running DNS with TTL measured in tens to hundreds of seconds?

eugeneionesco8y ago

You don't leak any traffic information if you don't enable the proxy, which I don't.

I like the simple easy to use interface and the fact that all the domains that I manage are there, no need to login to multiple registrars.

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5 comments · 2 top-level

_eht8y ago· 3 in thread

What is the turnaround time for DNS to propogate on all of those registrars? Are you forced into waiting for TTL's to expire?

I may be wrong but I think eugeneionesco is referencing instant DNS changes which come as a benefit of using Cloudflare and other large DNS management companies. I've never personally seen a registrar offer anything like that.

eugeneionesco8y ago

Almost instant DNS change is something that I kinda take for granted. Surprising that's so rare...

mugsie8y ago

well ... the protocol was designed not do that.

DNS is "just" a globally distributed, eventually consistent, key:value store, with a ton of caching built into it.

Also, while it may look instant to you, it may not be to your customers / users / other internet people.

2 more replies

rasz8y ago

are you one of those people running DNS with TTL measured in tens to hundreds of seconds?

eugeneionesco8y ago

You don't leak any traffic information if you don't enable the proxy, which I don't.

I like the simple easy to use interface and the fact that all the domains that I manage are there, no need to login to multiple registrars.

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