{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub17ty4mumkv43w8wtt0xsz2jypck0gvw0j8xrcg6tpea25z2nh7meqf4qgyd","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub17ty4mumkv43w8wtt0xsz2jypck0gvw0j8xrcg6tpea25z2nh7meqf4qgyd","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2014-05-16\n📝 Original message:My android wallet is working OK. Yes it isn't great when seeds have\ntemporary availability problems but things are still working.\n\nThere's a couple of pull reqs outstanding to include hard coded seed peers\nand getaddr sourced IPs. Once those are finished and merged in there'll be\nmore backup paths.\nOn 16 May 2014 11:16, \"Andreas Schildbach\" \u003candreas at schildbach.de\u003e wrote:\n\n\u003e On 05/15/2014 07:48 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote:\n\u003e \u003e On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 4:50 AM, Andreas Schildbach\n\u003e \u003e \u003candreas at schildbach.de\u003e wrote:\n\u003e \u003e\u003e I'm bringing this issue up again. The current Bitcoin DNS seed\n\u003e \u003e\u003e infrastructure is unstable. I assume this is because of we're using a\n\u003e \u003e\u003e custom DNS implementation which is not 100% compatible. There have been\n\u003e \u003e\u003e bugs in the past, like a case sensitive match for the domain name.\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e If software is using the DNS seeds in a way where one or two being\n\u003e \u003e unavailable is problematic, then the software may be using them\n\u003e \u003e poorly.\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e Generally DNS seeds should only be used as fast connectivity hints,\n\u003e \u003e primarily for initial connectivity. Relying on them exclusively\n\u003e \u003e increases isolation vulnerabilities (e.g. because the dns seed\n\u003e \u003e operators or any ISP or network attacker on the path between you and\n\u003e \u003e the seeds can replace the results with ones that isolate you on a\n\u003e \u003e bogus network).\n\u003e\n\u003e I just used \"nslookup\", after seeing the issues in bitcoinj.\n\u003e\n\u003e I agree that clients should be robust regarding DNS lookups (and\n\u003e bitcoinj isn't), but still I think the first step needs to be\n\u003e maintaining a quality infrastructure.\n\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\u003e \"Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE\n\u003e Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos.\n\u003e Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform\n\u003e available\n\u003e Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free.\"\n\u003e http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs\n\u003e _______________________________________________\n\u003e Bitcoin-development mailing list\n\u003e Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net\n\u003e https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development\n\u003e\n-------------- next part --------------\nAn HTML attachment was scrubbed...\nURL: \u003chttp://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20140516/904fd554/attachment.html\u003e"}