In message <564ba3e3.9060...@hireahit.com>, Dave Warren writes: > On 2015-11-16 18:09, Grant Taylor wrote: > > It's my understanding that ALL of the root servers would have to > > change all of their addresses at the same time for DNS to be impacted. > > Or, the IP formerly used as a root server could turn malicious and start > offering an alternate response. This would only impact resolvers that > had outdated root hints, and also happened to try that particular IP > first, but it's at least a theoretical risk.
Which is why those addresses get held back from reassignment. It is a known risk that is mitigated. > -- > Dave Warren > http://www.hireahit.com/ > http://ca.linkedin.com/in/davejwarren > > > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe > from this list > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
