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We are seeing a small number of machines that almost do DOS attacks so many hits are being requested. It started a few months ago. The number of machines that do this seems to be slowly increasing. Could this be a configuration problem in some companies new DNS server software? Dirk On Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 11:56:37AM -0400, Nick Patience wrote: > > Hi all, > > Disclosure: I'm a journalist with a company called the451.com (details in > sig file). > > Anyhow, that said, I was talking to Network Solutions about their decision > to swap out the Sun box that is the A root server and change it for a more > powerful RS/6000 S80. Also it is using IBM servers for its new network of > name servers - it has already deployed 8 of the intended 12 according to the > company, including one brought on stream two days ago in Hong Kong. > > As most on this list probably already know, it is separating the root > servers from the name servers. > > Anyhow, NSI claims that the strain on the A root server has jumped from 220 > million 'hits' to 420 million during Q1 alone. I haven't managed to define > what hit is yet but intend to at some point. > > NSI seems slightly unsure as to the main reason for the increase in hits, > but speculates that one of the reasons may be > says the main reason for this is that ISP's are using different caching > techniques and more & more searches are going right to the top of the tree > than before. > > What do people on this list feel about this as a reason? It seems a little > woolly to me. > > Cheers, > > Nick > > -- > Nick Patience > Internet Editor & NY Dep. Bureau Chief > the451.com | wap.the451.com > T: 212 460 7131 M: 917 312 5712 F: 413 826 8217 > [email protected] > >
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