Chris Beggy wrote:
Is there any alternative to the orsc.org root server at 199.166.24.1 ?
; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t any . ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 33079 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 14, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 13 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;. IN ANY ;; ANSWER SECTION: . 172800 IN SOA a.public-root.net. hostmaster.public-root.net. \ 2005060112 43200 3600 1209600 14400 . 172800 IN NS a.public-root.net. . 172800 IN NS b.public-root.net. . 172800 IN NS c.public-root.net. . 172800 IN NS d.public-root.net. . 172800 IN NS e.public-root.net. . 172800 IN NS f.public-root.net. . 172800 IN NS g.public-root.net. . 172800 IN NS h.public-root.net. . 172800 IN NS i.public-root.net. . 172800 IN NS j.public-root.net. . 172800 IN NS k.public-root.net. . 172800 IN NS l.public-root.net. . 172800 IN NS m.public-root.net. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: a.public-root.net. 86400 IN A 205.189.71.2 b.public-root.net. 86400 IN A 61.9.136.52 c.public-root.net. 86400 IN A 68.255.182.111 d.public-root.net. 86400 IN A 205.189.71.34 e.public-root.net. 86400 IN A 216.138.219.83 f.public-root.net. 86400 IN A 66.15.237.185 g.public-root.net. 86400 IN A 199.5.157.131 h.public-root.net. 86400 IN A 65.118.74.205 i.public-root.net. 86400 IN A 203.187.202.205 j.public-root.net. 86400 IN A 57.73.7.89 k.public-root.net. 86400 IN A 81.19.74.67 l.public-root.net. 86400 IN A 195.214.191.125 m.public-root.net. 86400 IN A 205.189.71.26 ;; Query time: 135 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.208.228#53(192.168.208.228) ;; WHEN: Thu Jun 2 08:39:06 2005 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 481 It is more up to date. It has got ; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t any eu. +norecursion ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 8684 ;; flags: qr ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 4 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;eu. IN ANY ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: eu. 172800 IN NS a.eu.dns.be. eu. 172800 IN NS b.eu.dns.be. eu. 172800 IN NS l.nic.eu. eu. 172800 IN NS m.nic.eu. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: a.eu.dns.be. 172800 IN A 193.194.136.29 b.eu.dns.be. 172800 IN A 193.190.135.100 l.nic.eu. 172800 IN A 195.66.241.178 m.nic.eu. 172800 IN A 217.29.76.13 ;; Query time: 32 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.208.228#53(192.168.208.228) ;; WHEN: Thu Jun 2 08:42:51 2005 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 161 If care about 100% availability have in your named.config: # zone "." in { # type hint; # file "/etc/root.hint"; # }; zone "." in { type slave; file "/slave/a.public-root.net.axfr"; masters { 205.189.71.2; }; }; Here is how often my own DNS-server updates: axfr_in("Jun-01","13:31:05","205.189.71.2","."). axfr_in("Jun-01","02:25:33","205.189.71.2","."). axfr_in("May-31","16:19:16","205.189.71.2","."). axfr_in("May-31","09:16:24","205.189.71.2","."). axfr_in("May-31","06:22:35","205.189.71.2","."). I could live without the root-servers for about two weeks. Public-Root gets you ALL the IANA zones plus practically all publically available zones like: xn--55qx5d try and see: http://xn--8pru44h.xn--55qx5d/ and more than 2000 others. More information on http://public-root.com/ http://inaic.com/ Regards, Peter and Karin Dambier Public-Root