Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-4.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1WlL62-000654-8v for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 16 May 2014 16:34:58 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of m.gmane.org designates 80.91.229.3 as permitted sender) client-ip=80.91.229.3; envelope-from=gcbd-bitcoin-development@m.gmane.org; helo=plane.gmane.org; Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) id 1WlL60-0001tF-BC for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 16 May 2014 16:34:58 +0000 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WlL5s-0003Bx-4z for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 16 May 2014 18:34:48 +0200 Received: from e179076090.adsl.alicedsl.de ([85.179.76.90]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 16 May 2014 18:34:48 +0200 Received: from andreas by e179076090.adsl.alicedsl.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 16 May 2014 18:34:48 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net From: Andreas Schildbach Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 18:34:36 +0200 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: e179076090.adsl.alicedsl.de User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.2 X-Spam-Score: -1.1 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, no trust [80.91.229.3 listed in list.dnswl.org] -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain -0.0 SPF_HELO_PASS SPF: HELO matches SPF record 1.1 DKIM_ADSP_ALL No valid author signature, domain signs all mail -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -0.7 RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain X-Headers-End: 1WlL60-0001tF-BC Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] DNS seeds unstable X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 16:34:58 -0000 Apparently British Telecom also cannot speak to Peter Todd's server. That another very large ISP in Europe. On 05/15/2014 01:50 PM, Andreas Schildbach wrote: > I'm bringing this issue up again. The current Bitcoin DNS seed > infrastructure is unstable. I assume this is because of we're using a > custom DNS implementation which is not 100% compatible. There have been > bugs in the past, like a case sensitive match for the domain name. > > Current state (seeds taken from bitcoinj): > > mainnet: > > seed.bitcoin.sipa.be OK > dnsseed.bluematt.me OK > dnsseed.bitcoin.dashjr.org SERVFAIL, tried multiple ISPs > seed.bitcoinstats.com OK > > testnet: > > testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org SERVFAIL, just from Telefonica > testnet-seed.bluematt.me OK (but only returns one node) > > Note: Telefonica is one of Europe's largest ISPs. > > I would try to improve DNS myself, but I'm not capable of writing C. My > "fix" would be to reimplement everything in Java -- I doubt you guys > would be happy with that. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. > Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available > Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs >