Re: Interesting new dns failures

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

On Mon, 21 May 2007, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 09:25:37PM -0700,
>  Roger Marquis <marquis () roble com> wrote 
>  a message of 15 lines which said:
>
> > > If not, have any root nameservers been hacked?
> >
> > To partly answer my own question, no.
>
> I cannot find the original message in my mailbox. (Not on NANOG
> mailing list archives.) What was the issue?
>
> > The data returned by root (gtld) nameservers is not changing
> > rapidly.
>
> Now, I understand nothing. Is there a problem with the root
> nameservers or with some gTLD nameservers???

There is the issue of fastflux, and the possible solution of blacklisting
at the TLDs.

Both completely separate issues for discussion-sake, as flames can be
avoided.

        Gadi.