[4248] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The SWAMP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Mon Sep 9 21:35:08 1996
To: Eric Ziegast <ziegast@zee.im.gte.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu, namedroppers@internic.net
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 09 Sep 1996 16:47:51 PDT."
<199609092347.QAA12479@zee.im.gte.com>
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 21:31:58 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Eric Ziegast writes:
> It's DNS servers, not resolvers, that need to update their lists
> of Internet root servers. The problem (IMHO) is that few sites know
> or care that they have to maintain root server list periodically to
> stay in sync with the rest of the Internet. One way to attack the
> problem (not solve it) is to require nameserver vendors (IIS, Apple,
> BIND, etc.) to provide the capability for periodic root server list
> updates.
I hate to say it, but the ftp script you list to do this is
insecure. If I knew for a fact taht you were doing this regularly,
you would be meat on the table.
Perry
