To paraphrase Mark Twain (and Benjamin Disraeli if internet search results can be trusted), there are three kinds of DNS lies: lies, damn lies and DNS performance statistics.

Most networking professionals know to have a healthy skepticism about information put out by the marketing departments of networking vendors. And so they should. It is the job of every marketer to put their company and products in the best possible light, and sometimes this means they have to stretch the truth a bit.

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