Setting up a Root name server

[chris]

Scott Morizot wrote:

> On 6 Sep 99, at 22:23, Barry Margolin wrote:
> > In article <37D40440.57406722 at megabytecoffee.com>,
> > chris  <chris at megabytecoffee.com> wrote:
> > >I only disagree when experts when they tell me that something can't be done that
> > >I'm sure can be.
> >
> > No one said it can't be done, and it's pretty obvious that it *will* speed
> > things up (not recursing has to be faster than recursing), assuming you put
> > enough RAM in your server.  What we're saying is that the speedup won't be
> > as enormous as you seem to expect, so it's not worth doing.  The DNS
> > caching architecture was specifically designed to make such a configuration
> > unnecessary -- your server will usually have all the delegation records
> > that it needs.
>
> Actually, I sent a detailed response outlining why the action he
> proposed would not produce the result he clearly wanted.  He believes
> that a name server uses the hints file as an authoritative source
> of root name servers.  It does not.  It uses it to find them.
> Once it finds one that responds, it replaces the non-authoritative
> information from the hints file with the authoritative list
> of name servers returned in the response.  So a name server with his
> modified hints file has, at best, one-thirteenth chance of hitting
> his fake root on startup.  If it doesn't, it will never see it or
> query it at all.
>
> I went into more detail in my earlier response since I have some
> insight in the matter.  I run one of the internal roots at work.
> But he apparently ignored that response.
>
> After my response, I saw one from Cricket that said essentially
> the same thing in much less space than mine.  He ignored
> that one too.
>

I haven't ignored anything. I am just looking for a way around these problems. Sorry if
I didn't respond to each and every posting.

> But he has had people tell him that what he proposes won't
> work as he obviously wishes.  And it's been explained to him

If you put half the effort in to working out problems that you do in complaining about
them, you would be a lot more productive person. I can't believe the amount of crap I
have received on this list. What's wrong with looking for a better way of doing things?
No one can tell me how much of a performance or lack there of this would have. If
someone came out and showed some results from doing this, that would be a million times
more helpful then jerking your ego off by badmouthing someone who is trying to learn.