Re: [dnswl-users] Query rate limit

[Mike Cardwell <dnswl-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick Domack wrote:

> > Mike Cardwell wrote:
> > > What is a reasonable number of lookups to be performing against the dns
> > > servers before it becomes desirable to start using the rsync feed? From
> > > the perspective of the people running the service I mean, not those
> > > using it...
> > >
> > > Also, I'm trying to get a feel for the size of operation this is...
> > > Looking at the yearly graph on
> > > http://www.dnswl.org/mrtg/dnswl.combined.html I can see that the list
> > > didn't really start to take off in usage until a few months ago. Is
> > > there an explanation for this sudden increase? Are there any large users
> > > such as ISPs or Universities that can be named?
> > Ummm... Is there anyone other than me on this list?
> I am not sure. I know they need help admining.
> I even offered to be a dns mirror, and haven't heard a reply in over a
> month. The whitelist is still plunty small enough that just
> downloading the postfix, or using the rbldnsd file I think is a good
> way to go. I would recommend if you start doing around 100k lookups a
> day or more.

I'm probably somewhere around that actually. I'll leave it using the 
dnsbl over the weekend and look into shifting it over to using the rsync 
feed next week.

> But this is just my suggestion. and not the operators.

It would be reassuring if the operator(s) responded.

Mike