From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Nov 21 15: 1:37 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53F1137B401 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:01:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-21.mail.nl.demon.net (post-21.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C747243E3B for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:01:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-21.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18F0KF-0008wa-00 for stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 23:01:35 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 4F3A46AD9 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 00:01:34 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id D27641CD9 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 00:01:06 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 0097E225F6; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 00:01:06 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 00:01:06 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: named.root Message-ID: <20021121230106.GD5116@raggedclown.net> References: <20021121220755.N21220-100000@voo.doo.net> <3DDD501E.BE98A706@ene.asda.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3DDD501E.BE98A706@ene.asda.gr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG As a former post indicates getting the latest list of root name servers involves a simple dig command, that takes about a second. Anyway it is doubtful if all 13 of them would change IP address at the same time. I hear that some of them suffered from a DoS attack a while back and it didn't affect the internet world much...mind you it was a report in SlashDot, and thus has to be treated with some circumspection :) -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message