Wondering what else, besides anycast DNS, could be worth hosting up there. There is this study going on too: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101082517
> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:09:13 -0700 > From: Dave Taht <dave.t...@gmail.com> > To: Dave Taht via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> > Subject: [Starlink] the website for the end of the world > Message-ID: > <caa93jw5l_t4zdccv8-esegbm-o8_2utwwd_hw7qpxmus7d7...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > John Carmack just kicked off a thoughtful thread over here: > > https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1704160299845071328 > > (Among other things, I would rather like to see DNS services hosted native > up there) > > Starting point: > The idea that the internet was created to survive nuclear war is > apocryphal; packet routing does provide some resilience, but you will lose > internet in an apocalypse. Space based systems are interesting to consider > — they tend to be very reliant on ground systems, but it would be > technically elegant if packets from one ground station to another were > delivered directly, with no other ground interaction. LEO constellations > probably need near constant ground help to update orbital ephemeris, and > the orbits would decay in a few years anyway, but GEO sats could continue > operating for decades if their control software didn’t preclude it. There > should be off grid (or even in-space) servers connected to the satellite > networks at static IP addresses (so DNS isn’t required). The Website For > The End Of The World. What would a sparsely distributed group of apocalypse > survivors want to see there? A Wikipedia mirror and some type of forum for > communication, certainly. It seems like a good story element, but a little > real world LARPing along those lines would be fun. The tragedy would be > when all the terminals maintaining a fragile network of communication among > humanity shut down due to the account billing servers being unavailable. > > <https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1704160299845071328> > > > -- > Oct 30: https://netdevconf.info/0x17/news/the-maestro-and-the-music-bof.html > Dave Täht CSO, LibreQos _______________________________________________ Starlink mailing list Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink
