[AusNOG] Is there anyone from Telstra available who works in the Telstra DNS dept available?

[Joshua D'Alton]

Aye, things like this is why Akamai is loosing ground to the newer smaller
better CDNs, Akamai is a massive bureaucratic giant like Telstra.

On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Tim Butler <tim at conetix.com.au> wrote:

>  Chris,
>
> The main issue with Google's DNS / OpenDNS is the fact that Akamai still
> doesn't play nicely with it.  Most other CDN's are fine, but Akamai being
> one of the largest does make it a problem.  It's most noticeable when
> downloading software updates (eg iTunes / OSX etc), as it doesn't correctly
> choose an Australian peer. For large updates I'll change my DNS before and
> then change it back to 8.8.8.8 afterwards. Other than this, using Google's
> DNS works perfectly.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim.
>
>
>
> On 18/02/13 10:26 AM, Chris Scholfield wrote:
>
>  Thanks for your help everyone,  pointing to 8.8.8.8 does resolve the
> problem we had.
>
> I may leave it on that permanently now. Give TID DNS the flick since
> everybody on list is saying that they are too slow in updating their
> records.****
>
> ** **
>
> However, I’ve read about people experiencing problems using Google DNS
> instead of a local DNS, in regards to stuff like DNS location redirection.
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> Considering that’s the problem that we had this morning was IP location
> blocking on websites we need to use, do the benefits of using Google DNS
> outweigh the problems (if there are problems at all)?****
>
> ** **
>
> Thanks for your help and input****
>
> ** **
>
> Chris.****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* Jeffrey Sims [mailto:jeffy at tehintartubes.net<jeffy at tehintartubes.net>]
>
> *Sent:* Monday, 18 February 2013 11:00 AM
> *To:* Chris Scholfield
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Is there anyone from Telstra available who works
> in the Telstra DNS dept available?****
>
> ** **
>
> Hey,****
>
> ** **
>
> As an FYI, Telstra's DNS is notoriously slow when updating. I recently
> conducted a change for a customer we moved from dual ADSL to Single SHDSL
> and updated the DNS entries.****
>
>
> Telstra was the last to update despite having the TTL dropped as low as it
> could could go. This because the root TLDN server within Telstra only
> updates EVERY 24HRS and no sooner/later. Telstra ignore TTLs.****
>
> ** **
>
> So until it's passed 24hrs, you won't see downstream DNS within Telstra
> updating. As someone recommended, alter your DNS pointers to 8.8.8.8 or
> another DNS server until the serial on the DNS at Telstra increments.****
>
> ** **
>
> Cheers****
>
> ** **
>
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Chris Scholfield <
> admincs at heartland.com.au> wrote:****
>
> Hello,****
>
>  ****
>
> We’ve been experiencing a problem with our net traffic.  We use Symantec
> Messagelabs as our net proxy, and over the weekend they had a problem with
> the AUS proxy server, and cut over to the US one.  ****
>
>  ****
>
> Messagelabs told me this morning that this has been resolved, but the
> Telstra DNS seems to be still pointing to the states when we try to resolve
> the Aus proxy address.****
>
>  ****
>
> Is anyone from Telstra available in this area who can look into this
> please?  If you need any information, please contact me off-list.****
>
>  ****
>
> Chris Scholfield ****
>
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