Search Again: Re: Root server selection algorithm From: Mikey Date: Saturday, October 4, 1997 Time: 10:01:00 pm > > This is one of the issues where finding an acceptable solution is > > hard, if not impossible. Who can you trust for reliable DNS > > information if not the root servers? > > Certainly not InterNIC! > > This is the fourth documented screwup this year, and we've estimated > at least 3 more that kinda went unnoticed (like when all of .edu > disappeared for a weekend back in June). I tend to agree. I think QDNS's default behavior for determining which root servers are active is fine 99% of the time, but I'd like to have more control for those little emergencies that seem to occasionally pop up. Michael Sullivan mikey@pageplanet.com

Messages In This Thread: Root server selection algorithm by Mikey on Oct 1, 1997 at 11:46:00 am Re: Root server selection algorithm by Sigurdur Ragnarsson on Oct 2, 1997 at 9:38:00 am Re: Root server selection algorithm by Mikey on Oct 3, 1997 at 10:23:00 am Re: Root server selection algorithm by Sigurdur Ragnarsson on Oct 3, 1997 at 6:52:00 pm Re: Root server selection algorithm by Scott Kozicki on Oct 3, 1997 at 8:15:00 pm Re: Root server selection algorithm by Scott Kozicki on Oct 3, 1997 at 8:17:00 pm Re: Root server selection algorithm by Mikey on Oct 4, 1997 at 10:01:00 pm Re: Root server selection algorithm by Mikey on Oct 4, 1997 at 10:01:00 pm