[7794] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: F.Root-Servers.net and bogus data
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Handler)
Mon Feb 24 17:58:40 1997
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 17:50:30 -0500
From: Michael Handler <handler@sub-rosa.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970224171008.00727978@207.87.243.20>
In <3.0.32.19970224171008.00727978@207.87.243.20>,
Eric Germann <ekgermann@cctec.com> wrote:
> In the process of switching ISP's, I sent some updates off to InterNIC last
> friday. The new SOA's are in place on all root servers except for
> f.root-servers.net. Mail to hostmaster@internic.net yields no response
> (who knows, they could be using f.....)
handler@jumpgate ~$ check_soa com. | grep F
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET has serial number 1997021900
hostmaster@internic.net is only for updating your data on the master
root servers. The master root has performed the updates, but
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET hasn't loaded new "COM." data since Wednesday
of last week. (Sorry, Paul).
> So who runs F, and how do I politely ask them to check and see if they
> picked up their updates last Friday. Contact listed for root-servers.net
> is hostmaster@internic.net.
There currently isn't a designated interface for contacting the root
nameserver operators in case of external problems. Fortunately, it hasn't
been a major problem yet. The default reflex seems to be to send mail
to NANOG, which has worked so far.
It would be nice to have a designated mailing list / web page...
<URL:http://www.root-servers.net/> and <operators@root-servers.net>.
There could even be <a-operator@root-servers.net> through
<n-operator@root-servers.net> to reach admins of specific servers.
While I'm on that topic, it would be nice to have a mailing list for
technical issues relating to root nameservers, given that this really
isn't a NANOG topic. If there isn't one yet, I'd be more than happy
to set one up somewhere. (Anyone who suggests edns-operators will be
promptly laughed at.)
--
Michael Handler <handler@sub-rosa.com> Washington, D.C.
