Re: Interesting new dns failures

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

On Mon, 21 May 2007, Chris L. Morrow wrote:
> On Sun, 20 May 2007, Roger Marquis wrote:
>
> > > If not, have any root nameservers been hacked?
> >
> > To partly answer my own question, no.  The data returned by root
> > (gtld) nameservers is not changing rapidly.  Thanks for the pointers
> > to "fast flux" too.  Wasn't familiar with this attack or terminology.
> >
> > All the same, it would seem to be an easy and cheap abuse to address,
> > at the gtlds.  Why are these obvious trojans are being propagated by
> > the root servers anyhow?
>
> the root servers are responsible how exactly for the fast-flux issues?
> Also, there might be some legittimate business that uses something like
> the FF techniques... but, uhm... how are the root servers involved again?

Small note: For regular fastflux, yes. for NS fastflux, not so much.