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On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 08:49:04PM +0000, E.B. Dreger wrote: > > JSW> Date: 10 Mar 2003 15:23:52 -0500 > JSW> From: Jeff S Wheeler > > > JSW> I repeat my suggestion that a number of DNS root-servers or > JSW> gtld-servers be renumbered into 69/8 space. If the DNS > JSW> "breaks" for these neglected networks, I suspect they will > JSW> quickly get enough clue to fix their ACLs. > JSW> > JSW> Add Eddy's suggestion that the addresses all end in .0 or > JSW> .255 and you have a fine machine for cleaning up a few old, > JSW> irritating problems. > > I suggest a rotation like so: > > Jan-Apr: 69.w.w.0 > Apr-Jul: 69.x.x.255 > Jul-Oct: 70.y.y.0 > Oct-Jan: 70.z.z.255 > > where the middle two octets are predetermined ahead of time. > > IIRC, some RFC recommends updating the root zone cache monthly... > following this would ensure one had proper root/gTLD addresses. > > The above also would break DNS for broken networks for a two > month stretch... long enough to flush out bad rules. > You want to move things like gtld servers, yahoo/google (and other 'important' things), including things like oscar.toc.aol.com into these. This will leave the clueless to buy a clue and stimulate the economy ;-) - jared -- Jared Mauch | pgp key available via finger from [email protected] clue++; | http://puck.nether.net/~jared/ My statements are only mine.
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