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0 pointsmacintux5y ago0 comments

Computers haven’t worked well without external dependencies in a very long time. How long can you perform useful work without DNS?

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torstenvl5y ago

Extraordinary amounts of work are done without DNS. And even if it weren't, this is nothing like DNS because you can choose your own DNS servers and most people have a primary and a fallback.

Where can I set trustd to use a different OCSP server? What is Apple's recommended secondary OCSP server?

Shared4045y ago

This is a more important point than those of us talking about working offline.

A single point of failure, whether local or remote is an unfortunate design decision.

Shared4045y ago

> How long can you perform useful work without DNS?

Month's on end. Is this a serious question?

centimeter5y ago

> How long can you perform useful work without DNS?

Is this a serious question? My entire dev toolchain works without internet...

blowfish7215y ago

Without DNS a lot of my workflows would stop workong since they include various machines/services which all communicate though hostnames/URLs rather than IP addresses, yet almost all are local to my network. So for me this is a valid question.

arvindamirtaa5y ago

Could you switch DNS providers if one fails? Could you have a fallback?

What's the parallel here?

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FpUser5y ago

Is this even serious question?

You really think I need DNS to edit my photos, videos, write some music, compile / build my products etc. etc ? And if needed for many things I can use my own DNS services. To post my freshly built product I do not need Apple's DNS. Can do with my own.

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torstenvl5y ago

Extraordinary amounts of work are done without DNS. And even if it weren't, this is nothing like DNS because you can choose your own DNS servers and most people have a primary and a fallback.

Where can I set trustd to use a different OCSP server? What is Apple's recommended secondary OCSP server?

Shared4045y ago

This is a more important point than those of us talking about working offline.

A single point of failure, whether local or remote is an unfortunate design decision.

Shared4045y ago

> How long can you perform useful work without DNS?

Month's on end. Is this a serious question?

centimeter5y ago

> How long can you perform useful work without DNS?

Is this a serious question? My entire dev toolchain works without internet...

blowfish7215y ago

arvindamirtaa5y ago

Could you switch DNS providers if one fails? Could you have a fallback?

What's the parallel here?

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FpUser5y ago

Is this even serious question?

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