<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>In the 2008 data for a and j root, I’m seeing a lot of queries destined for:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>198.41.0.10<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Which isn’t the official root server address of anything.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For example:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>non-root: /mnt/oarc-pool4/DITL-200803/RAW/verisign/a-root-and-old-j-root/20080319/095017.333638.pcap.gz 2008-03-19 09:50:41.683549 IP 66.152.201.19.1101 > 198.41.0.10.53: 53758 A? xpone.home. (28)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My current logic throws that row out (throws out any rows that aren’t destined for a valid root server IP).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is there some historical reason why queries to this address in 2008 might be considered valid?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kevin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>