[dns-operations] Too Open (Was: OpenDNS makes your Internet work better

[Nicholas Suan]

On 7/13/06, brett watson <brett at the-watsons.org> wrote:

>
> > In the root zone, (I use it
> > as an example since some of the nodes are anycasted) if one server
> > times out, it's no problem for a resolver to go and check another
> > instance of the root, which will most likely be located someplace that
> > isn't malfunctioning.
>
> by "instance of the root" do you mean "an instance of the same root
> server" or do you mean "another root server"?
>

Assuming that the resolver was coded in a sane fashion, another root
server; they should all contain the same data.


> why are people arguing about a condition that happened years ago that
> no longer exists?
>

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.