QUICKER FIX Re: [fjk].gtld-servers.net bogus for .com

Wed Nov 11 21:39:24 UTC 1998

> > 	Many thanks to my friend & cow-orker Tristan Horn for this 
> > 	idea...in BIND 8 you can define servers as bogus (meaning
> > 	"don't ever trust these") as follows:
> > 
> > // [fjkl].root-servers.net
> > server 192.5.5.241 { bogus yes; };
> > server 198.41.0.10 { bogus yes; };
> > server 193.0.14.129 { bogus yes; };
> > server 198.32.64.12 { bogus yes; };

i recommend against that.

> Note that f.gtld-servers.net was the long-running one giving real
> problems.  [fjk].gtld-servers.net were the ones I saw giving false
> nxdomains at ~1000 pdt, [jk] were fixed by ~1030 and f was taken down
> ~1200.  Two hours!  Sheesh.

indeed.

> It appears to be fixed now.  f.gtld-servers.net is down, a few others are
> giving referals to the .com nameservers (still "broken", but doesn't break
> things the same).

right.

> By fixed, I mean you shouldn't see false nxdomains and things should all
> resolve fine.

f.root-servers.net is FTP'ing its COM zone even as we speak.  AXFR to
a.root-servers.net is giving wierd results.  i'll be fetching the zone
manually until we find the smoking gun.
-- 
Paul Vixie <paul at vix.com>