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Re: DNS pulling BGP routes?


From: Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 18:30:45 +0200



On 10/7/21 18:21, William Herrin wrote:

It wasn't forgotten. Folks gained a lot of experience with anycast DNS
between 2002 and 2006. Not withdrawing the routes when the servers are
deemed malfunctioning turned out not to be an operationally sound
practice. The theory offered in 3258 was wrong.

Especially terrible when you have a DNS daemon that has crashed, but Quagga (or whatever routing suite you use) is still humming.

Mark.


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