Measuring the practical effect of DNS root server instances: A China-wide case study
Guest Post: Many local root queries in China are turning to instances beyond the international gateway, despite there being 16 closer domestic instances.
Tag: root servers
More mysterious DNS root query traffic from a large cloud/DNS operator
Guest Post: Learn how the team at Verisign solved the mysterious case of the Google’s prepending nonce labels.
How can we improve the root? Run it locally
Guest Post: Round trip time to root servers depends on efficient routing. Can we be more efficient?
How Chromium reduced Root DNS traffic
Guest Post: Chromium is driving a reduction in DNS root server traffic. Let’s put some numbers to it.
Reduce requests to critical DNS zones with LocalRoot
Guest Post: When an authoritative DNS name server is temporarily unavailable, the ISP cache helps ride out the DNS bumps. Why not pre-cache important information with LocalRoot?
The challenges of operating a root name server
Guest Post: There are 13 root servers around the world and they’re crucial to running the DNS. So what does it take to run one?
First M-Root anycast instance deployed under new MoU
The first of a series of new M-Root anycast instances has been deployed as part of an agreement between APNIC, WIDE and JPRS.
Scaling the root of the DNS
We operate the root service in its current guise because so far, its worked adequately well. But we don’t have to continue that way.
M-Root deployment to expand under new collaboration agreement
The WIDE Project, JPRS and APNIC will work together to expand M-Root DNS services in the Asia Pacific.
Improving the availability and resilience of the root zone in the DNS
Hyperlocal roots or NSEC caching? Geoff Huston shares his thoughts on these new ways to make the DNS root zone more resilient.