To:
David Conrad <david.conrad@nominum.com>
cc:
Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, DNS Operations <dnsop@cafax.se>
From:
Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi>
Date:
Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:03:37 +0300 (EEST)
In-Reply-To:
<B9DB9E61.14795%david.conrad@nominum.com>
Sender:
owner-dnsop@cafax.se
Subject:
Re: anycast
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, David Conrad wrote: > Root server anycast as it exists today has the benefit that the people > advertising the address are the people who are supposed to advertise the > address. In theory, at least, there is an origin AS associated with the > root IP address that can and should be locked down. > > You are proposing to destroy that relationship. On purpose. > > Maybe it's just me, but this seems like a really bad idea. Might seem like > a good idea to folks in authoritarian governments who want to muck about > with the contents of the zone though. Having almost all of your customers' DNS lookups take 10 ms instead of 100 or 200 ms may also be of some value. Definitely seems interesting to me, even though issues with keeping data up-to-date are of critical importance here. -- Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall" Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords #---------------------------------------------------------------------- # To unsubscripbe, send a message to <dnsop-request@cafax.se>.