Re: Network Solutions is now in the wringer

[Jeremy Porter <jerry () freeside fc net>]

In message <3.0.6.32.19990327224345.00d4ad00 () norfolk infi net>, Dean Robb writes:
> At 01:22 3/27/99 -0600, Sean Donelan wrote:
> > pceasy () norfolk INfi NET (Dean Robb) writes:
> > > While not a network operator, I think it would be most prudent to consider
> > > and discuss (among those who ARE netops) what do to if, say, the root
> > > server were suddenly comletely unaccessible for several days/permanently
> > > for *whatever* reason.  
> >
> > Duh, isn't that why there is more than one root server in the world?
>
> My concern is with the master server that NSI operates.  My hope was that a
> netop who *didn't* have a contingency plan might start putting one together.  
>
> > However I feel some people confuse the data in the root servers, with
> > the databases used to generate those zone files.  There is a subtle, but
> > important difference.  And why simply copying the zone files is not
> > sufficient.
>
> So who has copies of the databases?  If NSI's master (the a-root?) is
> unavailable, new domains obviously wouldn't propagate, but how long can the
> other root servers go without getting an update?  Does the system as
> currently configured *require* some server somewhere to be the master and
> is there one that can take over if NSI's are toast?

       origin = A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
        mail addr = hostmaster.INTERNIC.NET
        serial = 1999032605
        refresh = 1800 (30M)
        retry   = 900 (15M)
        expire  = 604800 (1W)
        minimum ttl = 86400 (1D)

Well the expire is 1W so by default the zones will be valid in all servers for a week
after a.root-servers.net goes away (if that were to happen.)


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