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> From: Bruce Campbell [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 10:41 PM > > On Fri, 18 May 2001, Eric A. Hall wrote: > > > There is some (as yet unpublished) research data that says > ~20% of the > > queries currently going to the root servers are for invalid > TLDs (as setup > > by .private internal operators). Endorsing the use of > private domains will > > make this much worse. > > There was some mention (cue bill) at the last IETF about an > endorsement of > '.int' for internal networks by some insert-dns-clueless-company-here. > which of course sends (significant?) unwanted traffic towards the .int > nameservers. Since INT is for intenational treaty organization, the use of INT internally would create a collision. Thereby, masking the entire INT TLD from the clueless org that did that. In past /ICANN/DNSO discussions it has been suggested, that we reserve a LOCAL or PRIVATE TLD for internal use only. Let me know what y'all think and which one y'all prefer. My personal preference is for both (three tiered <Internet>/Local/Private). The next question is; should this be an RFC? > A better step would be to thoroughly endorse .private or > similar, and have > the distributed root.hints file point it back to the local > nameserver, so > such dns traffic does not end up on the cruel and heartless internet. You gotta be careful here, to not point to a recursive server, for a non-recursive reference. > Of course, lack of clue when setting up internal networks will always > happen (such as allowing those queries out, or not setting up > a correct > private tree off your regular domain etc etc).
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