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On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Sean Donelan wrote: > > The last time all the root servers were down was June 28 1985. On June 29 > 1985 there was a flurry of messages about adding root server down code to > the various DNS implementations of the day. Apparently, some of the > software had a poor response to all root servers being unreachable, and > spun out of control. > > Has anyone tested modern DNS code (Microsoft and BIND to name two) for > this condition recently? I haven't, hence my question. Microsoft DNS has a poor response and can spin out of control with all root servers available.. how would you tell the difference ;) Steve
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