Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:45:31 +0400 From: Eygene Ryabinkin <rea-fbsd@codelabs.ru> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: default dns config change causing major poolpah Message-ID: <20070802104531.GJ72909@void.codelabs.ru> In-Reply-To: <46B1AE8E.8030307@FreeBSD.org> References: <200708020114.l721EMvl095981@drugs.dv.isc.org> <200708020135.l721Zm2s026224@apollo.backplane.com> <46B1AE8E.8030307@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug, good day. Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 03:14:38AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > Matthew Dillon wrote: > > It has always seemed to me that actually > > downloading a physical root zone file once a week is the most reliable > > solution. > > This is a really bad idea. The root zone changes slowly, but it often > changes more than once a week. Add to that the more-rapid deployment > of new TLDs nowadays and the occasional complete reprovisioning of an > existing TLD, and one week is too long to go between updates. But if one will pull the root zone via FTP/HTTP at the zone's refresh rate or so -- will it be still a bad idea, compared to the AXFR method? -- Eygene
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