From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 1 23:26:34 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38E7216A418; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 23:26:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from skip@menantico.com) Received: from vms046pub.verizon.net (vms046pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 150D613C457; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 23:26:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from skip@menantico.com) Received: from mx.menantico.com ([71.168.196.161]) by vms046.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JM4002ASBRTWHW1@vms046.mailsrvcs.net>; Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:26:17 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:31:41 -0400 From: Skip Ford In-reply-to: <46B10A28.8000908@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Barton Mail-followup-to: Doug Barton , FreeBSD Current , FreeBSD Stable Message-id: <20070801233141.GF59008@menantico.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline References: <46B01D5E.6050004@psg.com> <20070801110727.GC59008@menantico.com> <46B0EDEA.8050608@FreeBSD.org> <20070801211320.GE59008@menantico.com> <46B10A28.8000908@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: FreeBSD Current , FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: default dns config change causing major poolpah X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:26:34 -0000 Doug Barton wrote: > Skip Ford wrote: > > The reason I provided *is* purely technical. The roots can decide > > tomorrow to block AXFR requests from FreeBSD users who install > > 6.3-RELEASE or 7.0-RELEASE. They may. They may not. But they > > can. > > Here is where the problem lies. What you're saying here is simply not > true. I know several of the root operators personally, and in my > previous position as GM of IANA I worked with them directly both > individually and collectively. Everything involving a change to a root > server is done at a near-glacial pace. There no more danger that we > will wake up tomorrow unable to AXFR the root from any server than > there is that we'll wake up tomorrow not able to send resolver queries > to any root server. To say that this IS possible is FUD. So, it seems simple enough then if what you're saying is true. Have your friends running the roots state that they will support our AXFRs. I will have no objections once they do that. It's a randomly provided service already. Not all of them answer AXFR now, so how many of them will 2 years from now is a legitimate question, and is my only concern. -- Skip