[ih] The Decline and Fall of Internet Email?

[Dave Crocker]

On 2/14/2024 1:08 AM, Dave Taht via Internet-history wrote:
> https://www.arin.net/about/corporate/annual/reports/2022_auditorreport.pdf
>
> I was bemused to discover today in the above report, how much running
> reverse dns cost out of their budget. 150k/yr.

Ummm...

                            Computer
                Personnel  Hardware and   Telecom and
                  Cost    Software Cost  Colocation Cost     Total
Reverse DNS   $ 145,000    $ 105,000      $ 150,000      $ 400,000



Reverse DNS has certainly become a requirement for domains used for 
abuse-affected services.  So, yeah. Required.

    */If there really is a significant barrier to obtaining or
    maintaining an entry, it would be worth an effort to make sure its
    availability is universal, cheap, easy, and reliable./*

d/

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Dave Crocker
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