[as112-ops] [IANA #516549] Blackhole servers

[mohammed.el-shakweer at bell.ca]

Hello IANA Thanks for your response.


Hello AS112-ops;

Regarding the blackhole servers, were there any issues in the past 10 days with these servers, as we were having problems getting responses for 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 private addressing space, sometimes no response or slow response. We realize that we should use an internal blackhole or configure the reverse zones for private addressing internal to avoid slow response from blackhole servers on the internet, which we plan to do soon, but if you can shed some light if there were any issues in the past 10 days that would be highly appreciated.


Thanks & Best Regards


Mohammed El-Shakweer
Network Specialist
Data Network Services & Support (DNSS)
Bell Canada
200 Bouchard Blvd., 6CS
Dorval, Québec, Canada
Tel: (514) 828-9384
mohammed.el-shakweer at bell.ca
www.bell.ca
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Leo Vegoda via RT [mailto:iana-questions at iana.org] 
Sent: December-21-11 4:49 PM
To: El-Shakweer, Mohammed (6038808)
Subject: [IANA #516549] Blackhole servers 

Dear Mohammed El-Shakweer,

Thanks for contacting us.

On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:39:23 GMT, mohammed.el-shakweer at bell.ca wrote:
> Hello IANA;
> 
> Were there any issues with the IANA blackhole servers during last
> week?

Several people have contacted us about the blackhole servers over the last week
or 10 days, which is unusual. However, as these servers are run by a diverse and
distributed group of network operators it is not possible to state whether there
have been any specific issues. I would suggest asking your question on the
AS112-ops list, which is used by the AS112 server operators as a loose
coordination forum:

https://lists.dns-oarc.net/mailman/listinfo/as112-ops

Kind regards,

-- 
Leo Vegoda
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
ICANN