[dns-operations] m.root-servers.net failing

[SM]

Hi Jorge,
At 11:46 17-03-10, Jorge Amodio wrote:
>Is there any trick or indication in the response that helps to
>determine without looking at routing tables what instance of an
>anycasted root server is sending the replies ?

The name server instance can be identified with:

  dig +norec hostname.bind @m.root-servers.net chaos txt

The answer contains an IATA airport code.

Regards,
-sm