Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread Warren Kumari
On Oct 16, 2013, at 9:41 AM, David Conrad wrote: > Florian, > > On Oct 15, 2013, at 10:24 PM, Florian Weimer wrote: >> There's a tendency to selectively block DNS traffic, which can be a >> pain to debug. > > True. Hate that. A lot. > >> Various network issues might only affect DNS recurso

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread Jared Mauch
On Oct 15, 2013, at 7:28 PM, Vernon Schryver wrote: >> Folks like Comcast have large validating resolvers. Their customers should >> use them. Folks here are surely going to do the right thing the majority of >> the time. The vast majority of others are going to set things up once and >> i

[dns-operations] Alert: Massive increase in type A6 queries.

2013-10-16 Thread Roy Arends
Hi, Since october the 12th, 2013, starting at approximately 16:00 UTC, we see a massive increase in type A6 queries. This is not due to a single resolver, but due to several resolver exhibiting the same behaviour. We're investigating, but want to alert the TLD community while asking for help as

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread Warren Kumari
On Oct 16, 2013, at 10:59 AM, Jared Mauch wrote: > > On Oct 15, 2013, at 7:28 PM, Vernon Schryver wrote: > >>> Folks like Comcast have large validating resolvers. Their customers should >>> use them. Folks here are surely going to do the right thing the majority >>> of the time. The vast

Re: [dns-operations] Alert: Massive increase in type A6 queries.

2013-10-16 Thread Marco Davids (SIDN)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Roy, On 10/16/13 11:43 AM, Roy Arends wrote: > Since october the 12th, 2013, starting at approximately 16:00 UTC, > we see a massive increase in type A6 queries. No, we don't see that phenomenon for .nl. Regards, - -- Marco -BEGIN PGP SIG

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread Daniel Kalchev
On 14.10.13 19:08, Paul Hoffman wrote: A fictitious 100-person company has an IT staff of 2 who have average IT talents. They run some local servers, and they have adequate connectivity for the company's offices through an average large ISP. Should that company run its own recursive resolver

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread Daniel Kalchev
On 14.10.13 21:46, Doug Barton wrote: We of the DNS literati tend to forget just how difficult this stuff really is, and how hard it is for companies to prioritize spending money on things that usually "just work." I can't count the number of times I got "emergency" calls when I was consult

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread Bob Harold
I think the problem with a "DNS appliance" is that it becomes an open DNS resolver, unless it is configured to know the subnet(s) used internally, and updated every time that changes. I don't think the firewall could reasonably be asked to block only recursive DNS traffic, although perhaps it cou

Re: [dns-operations] Alert: Massive increase in type A6 queries.

2013-10-16 Thread David Dagon
1;3202;0c On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 09:43:56AM +0100, Roy Arends wrote: > Since october the 12th, 2013, starting at approximately 16:00 UTC, > we see a massive increase in type A6 queries. This is not due to a > single resolver, but due to several resolver exhibiting the same > behaviour. We're inv

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread Chris Boyd
On Oct 16, 2013, at 2:24 AM, Warren Kumari wrote: > Companies *seem*[1] to follow the trajectory of: > 1: We have 1-10 employees, we'll just use whatever Netgear / Linksys someone > had lying around / the DSL we ordered came with. This is largely a home > network. > > 2: We now have 10-50 empl

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread Mike Hoskins (michoski)
-Original Message- From: Chris Boyd Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:06 AM To: "dns-operati...@mail.dns-oarc.net Operations" Subject: Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver? > >On Oct 16, 2013, at 2:24 AM, Warren Kumari wrote: > >> Co

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread Vernon Schryver
> From: Jared Mauch > > phones, and other devices behind a NAT router owned by and remotely > > maintained by Comcast. Instead the question concerned a business with > > 2 IT professionals. Relying on distant DNS servers is negligent and > > grossly incompetent for a professionally run network.

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread Mike Hoskins (michoski)
-Original Message- From: Jared Mauch Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 3:59 AM To: Vernon Schryver Cc: "dns-operati...@mail.dns-oarc.net" Subject: Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver? > >On Oct 15, 2013, at 7:28 PM, Vernon Schryver w

Re: [dns-operations] Alert: Massive increase in type A6 queries.

2013-10-16 Thread Edward Lewis
On Oct 16, 2013, at 11:43, Roy Arends wrote: > Hi, > > Since october the 12th, 2013, starting at approximately 16:00 UTC, we see a > massive increase in type A6 queries. This is not due to a single resolver, > but due to several resolver exhibiting the same behaviour. We're > investigating, bu

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread Vernon Schryver
> From: Bob Harold > I think the problem with a "DNS appliance" is that it becomes an open DNS > resolver, unless it is configured to know the subnet(s) used internally, > and updated every time that changes. I don't think the firewall could > reasonably be asked to block only recursive DNS traff

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread Keith Mitchell
On 10/16/2013 03:24 AM, Warren Kumari wrote: > Companies *seem*[1] to follow the trajectory of: > > 1: We have 1-10 employees, we'll just use whatever Netgear / > Linksys someone had lying around / the DSL we ordered came with. > This is largely a home network. > > 2: We now have 10-50 employees

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread Joe Abley
On 2013-10-16, at 11:11, Keith Mitchell wrote: > Isn't there now: > > 0: We have no internal IT infrastructure. Everyone BYODs, 4G/LTE on > their mobile devices is faster and less hassle than running corporate > broadband, and the internal workgroup collaboration all happens in 3rd > party clou

[dns-operations] Fwd: root-servers.net and gtld-servers.net bit-flipped variants

2013-10-16 Thread Kim Davies
(Just sending to dnsops as it seems all the right people are on this list.) I don't know if this is still something that would interest us. He would like us to continue to provide him packet captures if we take over the domains to enable ongoing research. I am less worried about the actual reso

Re: [dns-operations] root-servers.net and gtld-servers.net bit-flipped variants

2013-10-16 Thread Kim Davies
Hi folks, I sent this to the wrong list, my apologies. Please disregard. kim ___ dns-operations mailing list dns-operations@lists.dns-oarc.net https://lists.dns-oarc.net/mailman/listinfo/dns-operations dns-jobs mailing list https://lists.dns-oarc.net/

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread James Cloos
> "PH" == Paul Hoffman writes: PH> Should that company run its own recursive resolver for its PH> employees, or should it continue to rely on its ISP? *Every* site should run its own (preferably verifying) resolver. -JimC -- James Cloos OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/16/2013 1:44 PM, James Cloos wrote: >> "PH" == Paul Hoffman writes: > PH> Should that company run its own recursive resolver for its > PH> employees, or should it continue to rely on its ISP? > > *Every* site should run its own (preferabl

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread Jared Mauch
Comcast doesn't give me broken name servers to use, there is no cognitive dissonance here :-) You are a DNS expert. Most end users when DNS fails think everything has failed, including the network. I type URLs into my browser. Do you know how many people type google into the google search box?

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread Jared Mauch
Yes, configuring bind is harder than it seems. Same for routers. :-) > On Oct 16, 2013, at 10:58 AM, "Mike Hoskins (michoski)" > wrote: > > > I get your point, but also disagree with the subset of folks who maintain > DNS is so hard... Really? You can install, configure and keep an AD > fore

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread Jared Mauch
Understanding how this works is not networking or DNS 101. Limiting the scope with TTL isn't that easy. Can you point someone at docs for how to do that in a point and click fashion? > On Oct 16, 2013, at 11:03 AM, Vernon Schryver wrote: > > There is a trivial and easy way to keep a recursive

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread Jared Mauch
> On Oct 16, 2013, at 4:58 PM, Paul Ferguson wrote: > > > > I have no problem with that as long as they are not open resolvers -- we > already have somewhere in the neighborhood of 28-30 million of them that > pose a direct threat to the health & wellbeing of the Internet at-large > because t

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread James Cloos
> "PF" == Paul Ferguson writes: JC>> *Every* site should run its own (preferably verifying) resolver. PF> I have no problem with that as long as they are not open resolvers Of course. Most such devices will be behind a NAT router anyway. At least for now. And I expect that when v6 is th

Re: [dns-operations] Should medium-sized companies run their own recursive resolver?

2013-10-16 Thread Vernon Schryver
> From: Jared Mauch > Understanding how this works is not networking or DNS 101. Limiting > the scope with TTL isn't that easy. > > Can you point someone at docs for how to do that in a point and click fashion? Can you address the issues instead of dragging in irrelevancies? The operating syste