Hi all, Just want to know, how far or how close YETI is as compared to the Open Root [1] project which I know for a fact that the RIR community quite vehemently voiced against it.
-- Amreesh [1] http://www.open-root.eu/ On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 2:41 PM, Shane Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear DNS folks, > > As many of you are aware, a group of researchers and other interested > people and groups has been building and operating a root server testbed > over the past year. This is the Yeti DNS project: > > http://yeti-dns.org/ > > We have just finished our first experiment, and have started our second > one. The network has 25 root servers from 14 different organizations, > along with a number of recursive resolvers configured to use them. > > We have approached the RIPE NCC to encourage them to run a Yeti root > server, and they feel that this is something that we should engage with > the RIPE community about. > > We are still looking for more Yeti root operators, and we think that > the RIPE NCC would be awesome in this capacity, given their unique role > in the DNS world (they are the only RIR who is also a root operator, > plus they do a lot of work supporting various ccTLD). Personally I > think that the goals of the Yeti project fit in very well with > the mission of the RIPE NCC. > > Please let us know what you think about this idea. I'm happy to answer > any questions about the project or what it would mean for the RIPE NCC > to run a Yeti root server. > > Cheers, > > -- > Shane > -- Amreesh Phokeer
