Re: Root name server changes -> bind

[Jonathan Smith <smithj () freethemallocs com>]

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Marcus Meissner wrote:
|       The security consequences of obscure DNS root server usage are
obvious, IMHO.
|       You might want to consider security updates to the bind package with
an updated
|       root.hint file. (Since the story is on Slashdot, it is as public as
it can get;
|       thus I use the regular channel for this request.)

Why did ICANN allow the old IP address to be taken by an untrusted
party? It would seem that IPs formerly used by root DNS servers should
be permanently retired to prevent just this sort of thing.

        smithj

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