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.
Tag: root servers
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.
Aggressive NSEC caching in BIND 9.12
Guest Post: Implementation of aggressive NSEC caching in BIND 9.12 should reduce the amount of traffic sent to root servers.
DDoS and the DNS
We don’t have to accept that the DNS has to be a victim of DDoS attacks.
DNS root server resilience: a smarter way
APNIC is supporting ISC to incorporate code changes to BIND, its open source DNS software, to help reduce the load on DNS root servers.
The root of a robust Internet
Expanding root server numbers in the Asia Pacific improves both the speed of DNS services and the Internet’s resiliency.
The Root of the DNS
Geoff discusses how the DNS and root servers function and provides some suggestions for the infrastructure to continue to be robust, scalable and accurate..
Scoring the DNS Root Server System, Pt 2 – A Sixth Star?
Geoff takes a second look at the DNS Root Servers, this time scoring them on the ability to handle large UDP responses over IPv6.
Scoring the DNS Root Server System
Geoff takes a look at the DNS Root Servers and gives some scores on how well they can cope with large responses.
Update on the Root Zone Key Signing Key Rollover
ICANN recently announced the operational plans to “roll” the Root Zone Key Signing Key, an essential part of DNSSEC.