F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET moved to Beijing?
Danny McPherson
danny at tcb.net
Mon Oct 3 17:49:04 UTC 2011
On Oct 3, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Leo Bicknell wrote:
>
> I'm asking the BIND team for a better answer, however my best
> understanding is this will query a second root server (typically
> next best by RTT) when it gets a non-validating answer, and assuming
> the second best one validates just fine there are no further follow
> on effects. So you're talking one extra query when a caching
> resolver hits the root. We can argue if that is minimal or not,
> but I suspect most end users behind that resolver would never notice.
I'm not talking "one extra query", and it's not simply about
subsequent transaction attempts either - so conjecture aiming
to marginalize the impact isn't particularly helpful.
I.e., have that look, get back to us... :-)
-danny
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