[dns-wg] Re: Re: IPv6 glue AAAA RRs in the root zone

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On 2004-07-21, at 11.11, Jim Reid wrote:

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>     Jeroen> BTW that list is missing i.root-servers.org which is
>     Jeroen> located in Sweden, but that is a testing address and
>     Jeroen> routes over the US instead of staying inside Europe...
>
> Why does it matter where a root name server is physically located?
> Sorry, I should rephrase that: why does it matter where a route for a
> root name server gets announced?
>
> IMO a 200ms RTT over IPv6 has to be better than an infinite RTT.

Although I agree in principle from a DNS perspective - the high RTT in 
most occasions indicates tunneling. And although tunneling per-se is 
not that bad, it is much more vulnerable to problems in the underlaying 
routing and most of all, much harder to diagnose from the "outside".

- - kurtis -

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