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Managed/Shared Community DNS Service |
Traditional DNS Approach (in-house) |
| Security |
- Super fast resolution for DDoS mitigation
- No Recursion
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- Limited resolution rates
- Prone to DNS hijaking and spoofing
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| Stability |
- Each DNS Operator controls its own zones and data
- AnyCast from multiple nodes, clustering and load balancing
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- Grace and favour secondary service frequently limits DNS Operator control of its data and zones
- No load balancing making the system vulnerable to DDoS attacks
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| Performance |
- Updates take less than 4 minutes between DNS Operator and Community DNS resolution nodes
- Fast disaster recovery - 1 million+ names per minute database reload
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- Long time to load changes, round-robin selection of Name Server
- Limited and slow disaster recovery
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| Quality of Service |
- SLA with 100% network uptime guarantee
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- No SLA
- Best efforts support
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| Scalability |
- Current system tested to 500 million names, and footprint expanding continuously
- Easy upscale path
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- Limits on scalability, extended roll-out time
- DNS Operator must make ongoing financial and human investment to meet increasing demands
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