From 806dff3fd683fd637e4a5abef370c85c69bb5346 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aminda Suomalainen Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 09:37:13 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] n/dns: shorten ECS quote, add mention of latency and link to edge computing at Wikipedia --- n/dns.md | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/n/dns.md b/n/dns.md index 9f79fac..09a561b 100644 --- a/n/dns.md +++ b/n/dns.md @@ -65,17 +65,16 @@ EDNS Client-Subnet is a DNS extension letting the authoritative nameserver know _Android DoH3 option:_ `dns.google` -> The distance of transmitted information. The longer the distance -> the data must travel from the data centre to the end-user device, -> the more energy the transmission consumes – regardless of the -> transmission path used. Intercontinental transmission networks are -> fundamentally very efficient. Transferring data from the United -> States to Europe may consume a fraction of the energy compared to +> [...] The longer the distance the data must travel from the data centre to +> the end-user device, the more energy the transmission consumes – +> regardless of the transmission path used. Intercontinental transmission +> networks are fundamentally very efficient. Transferring data from the +> United States to Europe may consume a fraction of the energy compared to > the last kilometre from the base station to the mobile phone. - [Green Code](https://www.exove.com/green-code/) ([pdf](https://www.exove.com/app/uploads/2023/09/Green-Code-v2.pdf) [txt](https://www.exove.com/app/uploads/2023/09/greencode-v2.txt)) -If you utilize services of internet giants or condent delivery networks, ECS will likely give you the shortest distance, highest speed and may help with decreasing your _digital carbon footprint_. +If you utilize services of internet giants or condent delivery networks, ECS will likely give you [the shortest distance, the lowest latency, the highest speed](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_computing) and may help with decreasing your _digital carbon footprint_. If those matter to you, you may also like to consider [increasing your minimum TTL to around an hour in a local server](https://blog.apnic.net/2019/11/12/stop-using-ridiculously-low-dns-ttls/).