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Re: orsc root server?

  • From: Peter Dambier
  • Date: Thu Jun 02 03:20:59 2005

Chris Beggy wrote:
Is there any alternative to the orsc.org root server at
199.166.24.1 ?

; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t any .
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 33079
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 14, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 13

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;.                              IN      ANY

;; ANSWER SECTION:
.                       172800  IN      SOA     a.public-root.net. hostmaster.public-root.net. \
                                                2005060112 43200 3600 1209600 14400

.                       172800  IN      NS      a.public-root.net.
.                       172800  IN      NS      b.public-root.net.
.                       172800  IN      NS      c.public-root.net.
.                       172800  IN      NS      d.public-root.net.
.                       172800  IN      NS      e.public-root.net.
.                       172800  IN      NS      f.public-root.net.
.                       172800  IN      NS      g.public-root.net.
.                       172800  IN      NS      h.public-root.net.
.                       172800  IN      NS      i.public-root.net.
.                       172800  IN      NS      j.public-root.net.
.                       172800  IN      NS      k.public-root.net.
.                       172800  IN      NS      l.public-root.net.
.                       172800  IN      NS      m.public-root.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
a.public-root.net.      86400   IN      A       205.189.71.2
b.public-root.net.      86400   IN      A       61.9.136.52
c.public-root.net.      86400   IN      A       68.255.182.111
d.public-root.net.      86400   IN      A       205.189.71.34
e.public-root.net.      86400   IN      A       216.138.219.83
f.public-root.net.      86400   IN      A       66.15.237.185
g.public-root.net.      86400   IN      A       199.5.157.131
h.public-root.net.      86400   IN      A       65.118.74.205
i.public-root.net.      86400   IN      A       203.187.202.205
j.public-root.net.      86400   IN      A       57.73.7.89
k.public-root.net.      86400   IN      A       81.19.74.67
l.public-root.net.      86400   IN      A       195.214.191.125
m.public-root.net.      86400   IN      A       205.189.71.26

;; Query time: 135 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.208.228#53(192.168.208.228)
;; WHEN: Thu Jun  2 08:39:06 2005
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 481


It is more up to date. It has got

; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t any eu. +norecursion
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 8684
;; flags: qr ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 4

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;eu.                            IN      ANY

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
eu.                     172800  IN      NS      a.eu.dns.be.
eu.                     172800  IN      NS      b.eu.dns.be.
eu.                     172800  IN      NS      l.nic.eu.
eu.                     172800  IN      NS      m.nic.eu.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
a.eu.dns.be.            172800  IN      A       193.194.136.29
b.eu.dns.be.            172800  IN      A       193.190.135.100
l.nic.eu.               172800  IN      A       195.66.241.178
m.nic.eu.               172800  IN      A       217.29.76.13

;; Query time: 32 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.208.228#53(192.168.208.228)
;; WHEN: Thu Jun  2 08:42:51 2005
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 161

If care about 100% availability have in your named.config:

# zone "." in {
#   type hint;
#   file "/etc/root.hint";
# };

zone "." in {
  type slave;
  file "/slave/a.public-root.net.axfr";
  masters { 205.189.71.2; };
};

Here is how often my own DNS-server updates:

axfr_in("Jun-01","13:31:05","205.189.71.2",".").
axfr_in("Jun-01","02:25:33","205.189.71.2",".").
axfr_in("May-31","16:19:16","205.189.71.2",".").
axfr_in("May-31","09:16:24","205.189.71.2",".").
axfr_in("May-31","06:22:35","205.189.71.2",".").

I could live without the root-servers for about two
weeks.

Public-Root gets you ALL the IANA zones plus practically
all publically available zones like:

xn--55qx5d

try and see:

http://xn--8pru44h.xn--55qx5d/

and more than 2000 others.

More information on

http://public-root.com/
http://inaic.com/

Regards,
Peter and Karin Dambier
Public-Root