On Sat, May 03, 1997 at 10:50:27PM -0400, Dwight Ernest wrote:
At 08:37 PM 5/3/97 -0500, Karl Denninger wrote:
On Sat, May 03, 1997 at 04:42:51PM -0700, Paul A Vixie wrote:
Hi. I'm a root name server operator.
[snip]
Paul operates f.root-servers.net.
I take my root zone from the IANA. Not NSI and especially not from stargate 0.
Really?
Explain this trace please.
[snip]
Nice try.
What's your point?
generic-prompt % traceroute f.root-servers.net. traceroute to f.root-servers.net (192.5.5.241), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 ult-mbo-1-fe0.mbo.ma.ultra.net (199.232.56.65) 1 ms 1 ms 0 ms 2 904.Hssi4-0.GW2.BOS1.ALTER.NET (137.39.135.213) 3 ms 4 ms 4 ms 3 422.atm11-0.cr2.bos1.alter.net (137.39.13.250) 52 ms 255 ms 5 ms 4 103.Hssi12-0.CR2.PAO1.Alter.Net (137.39.71.169) 84 ms 93 ms 84 ms 5 312.atm2-0.br1.pao1.alter.net (137.39.13.145) 89 ms 86 ms 97 ms 6 fw.bryant.vix.com (198.32.176.3) 86 ms 91 ms 84 ms 7 f.root-servers.net (192.5.5.241) 94 ms 86 ms 89 ms
That Mr. Vixie's server loads from a.root-servers.net, which is controlled by NSI. If NSI makes changes in that zone, Mr. Vixie's server will reflect them. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity http://www.mcs.net/~karl | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | 99 Analog numbers, 77 ISDN, http://www.mcs.net/ Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| NOW Serving 56kbps DIGITAL on our analog lines! Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | 2 FULL DS-3 Internet links; 400Mbps B/W Internal