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Steve, You said... >Microsoft DNS has a poor response and can spin out of control with all root >servers available.. how would you tell the difference ;) This just in... The RPSEC mailing list has the recommendation to the Government (US that is) on both BGP and DNS. >ISP BGP & DNS Working Group >Working Paper developed as part of the NSTAC Process - Not for Further Dissemination (If your not meant to disseminate it, then why did it end up on the RPSEC mailing list?) Here is what it says about DNS... >Recommendations for DNS > >1. Encourage physical diversity (both network and geographic) for top-level domain servers. > >2. Encourage greater software diversity for DNS sever systems. Currently most DNS servers are based on the BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain code base. There is also a Microsoft Windows version of DNS that very few groups currently run. >3. ... Hence... At least in the US (and I can't say for the rest of the world), the government have been recommended to consider Microsoft's version of DNS. Will the UK Government follow in the US's footsteps? Martin ---------------------------------------- At 07:04 PM 10/23/2002 +0100, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote: >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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