To:
"[Patrik F_ltstr_m]" <paf@cisco.com>
CC:
Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, Bruce Campbell <bruce.campbell@ripe.net>, dnsop@cafax.se
From:
Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
Date:
Wed, 6 Nov 2002 07:52:04 +0859 ()
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<C7FC4174-F006-11D6-868E-0003934B2128@cisco.com> from "[Patrik F_ltstr_m]"at "Nov 4, 2002 04:04:56 pm"
Sender:
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Subject:
Re: DoS and anycast
Paf; > > o if X is controlled by some entity, e.g. the iana, that the > > entity coordinates the mechanism(s) of zone distribution and > > authentication, and maybe even has means of testing content > > I don't know if we say the same thing. Let me try to explain what I > think: > > If organization X is responsible for IP address Y today, i.e. X:Y is in > the whois database, then X is also the organization people will call > when wrong data comes from address Y, regardless of what copy of Y the > wrong data comes from. > > Because of this, for every Y, there must be an X which know where all > copies of Y is, so they can see/detect which one have wrong data -- and > fix it. The organization X should even have a warning system which > warns them when one of the copies of Y give wrong data / is out of sync. An operator of an anycast server is identified by a unicast address a router adjacent to the server. Masataka Ohta #---------------------------------------------------------------------- # To unsubscribe, send a message to <dnsop-request@cafax.se>.