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Re: F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET moved to Beijing?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Danny McPherson)
Mon Oct 3 13:50:57 2011
From: Danny McPherson <danny@tcb.net>
In-Reply-To: <20111003173431.GA71928@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 13:49:04 -0400
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Oct 3, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Leo Bicknell wrote:
>
> I'm asking the BIND team for a better answer, however my best
> understanding is this will query a second root server (typically
> next best by RTT) when it gets a non-validating answer, and assuming
> the second best one validates just fine there are no further follow
> on effects. So you're talking one extra query when a caching
> resolver hits the root. We can argue if that is minimal or not,
> but I suspect most end users behind that resolver would never notice.
I'm not talking "one extra query", and it's not simply about
subsequent transaction attempts either - so conjecture aiming
to marginalize the impact isn't particularly helpful.
I.e., have that look, get back to us... :-)
-danny
