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[Julian DeMarchi <julian AT jdcomputers.com.au>]

On 10/30/2013 09:51 AM, A.J. Maurin wrote:
> I vote in favor of this. It's reasonable to expect us users to make
> accounts and login somehow, rather than expose opennic to this abuse.
> 
> Julian DeMarchi wrote:
>> I think the time has come for OpenNIC to no longer have open resolvers
>> and move to a subscription based service.
>>
>> Thoughts, ideas?
> Why not use an PTPP VPN, where the resolvers only resolve for VPN
> addresses? For those that want plug-and-play, you can use physical or
> virtual OpenWRT, DD-WRT or Tomato routers which handle the VPN.
> 
> Basically, if any of the VPN users misbehave, send em an email, and if
> there's no response, kick em off.
> 
> If the resolvers are exposed only with a VPN, where only VPN addresses
> are whitelisted, the VPN can handle authentication and recordkeeping.

Good to be thinking out of the box like this. However, the user would
then be depandant on the bandwidth the VPN provides, and thus can
provide I think a slower, less enjoyable expereince... ?

--julian