Your TXT query and A query may be responded by different servers. There
seems to be some load balancing behind. I just ran three times the query,
and was directed to different servers:

-bash-4.2$ dig @beacon.l.root-servers.org
IDENTITY.L.ROOT-SERVERS.ORG<http://identity.l.root-servers.org/> txt
+short
"lax03.l.root-servers.org" "Los Angeles" "California" "United States"
"NorthAmerica"
-bash-4.2$ dig @beacon.l.root-servers.org
IDENTITY.L.ROOT-SERVERS.ORG<http://identity.l.root-servers.org/> txt
+short
"lax01.l.root-servers.org" "Los Angeles" "California" "United States"
"NorthAmerica"
-bash-4.2$ dig @beacon.l.root-servers.org
IDENTITY.L.ROOT-SERVERS.ORG<http://identity.l.root-servers.org/> txt
+short
"lax08.l.root-servers.org" "Los Angeles" "California" "United States"
"NorthAmerica"
-bash-4.2$ dig @beacon.l.root-servers.org
IDENTITY.L.ROOT-SERVERS.ORG<http://identity.l.root-servers.org/> A
+short
199.7.94.8
-bash-4.2$ dig @beacon.l.root-servers.org
IDENTITY.L.ROOT-SERVERS.ORG<http://identity.l.root-servers.org/> A
+short
199.7.94.16
-bash-4.2$ dig @beacon.l.root-servers.org
IDENTITY.L.ROOT-SERVERS.ORG<http://identity.l.root-servers.org/> A
+short
199.7.94.7


On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 12:58 AM, Xun Fan <[email protected]> wrote:

> Your TXT query and A query may be responded by different servers. There
> seems to be some load balancing behind. I just ran three times the query,
> and was directed to different servers:
>
> -bash-4.2$ dig @beacon.l.root-servers.org IDENTITY.L.ROOT-SERVERS.ORG txt
> +short
> "lax03.l.root-servers.org" "Los Angeles" "California" "United States"
> "NorthAmerica"
> -bash-4.2$ dig @beacon.l.root-servers.org IDENTITY.L.ROOT-SERVERS.ORG txt
> +short
> "lax01.l.root-servers.org" "Los Angeles" "California" "United States"
> "NorthAmerica"
> -bash-4.2$ dig @beacon.l.root-servers.org IDENTITY.L.ROOT-SERVERS.ORG txt
> +short
> "lax08.l.root-servers.org" "Los Angeles" "California" "United States"
> "NorthAmerica"
> -bash-4.2$ dig @beacon.l.root-servers.org IDENTITY.L.ROOT-SERVERS.ORG A
> +short
> 199.7.94.8
> -bash-4.2$ dig @beacon.l.root-servers.org IDENTITY.L.ROOT-SERVERS.ORG A
> +short
> 199.7.94.16
> -bash-4.2$ dig @beacon.l.root-servers.org IDENTITY.L.ROOT-SERVERS.ORG A
> +short
> 199.7.94.7
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 11:10 PM, ice jew <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I've made such test:
>> My_Dev_Test:~/bind-9.9.3-P1/bin/dig # dig IDENTITY.L.ROOT-SERVERS.ORG -t
>> txt +short
>> "lax06.l.root-servers.org" "Los Angeles" "California" "United States"
>> "NorthAmerica"
>> My_Dev_Test:~/bind-9.9.3-P1/bin/dig # dig lax06.l.root-servers.org +short
>> 199.7.94.6
>> My_Dev_Test:~/bind-9.9.3-P1/bin/dig # dig IDENTITY.L.ROOT-SERVERS.ORG+short
>> 199.7.94.5
>>
>> And which result should I trust under this situation?  Both queries were
>> sent to the same resolver.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Joe Abley <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Nevil Brownlee is graciously considering this document for the
>>> independent-submission stream:
>>>
>>>   http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-jabley-dnsop-anycast-mapping-02
>>>
>>> It's an informational document that describes the various mechanisms
>>> provided at L-Root to identify what anycast node you see from your special
>>> place in the network. The goals are (a) publication of details about a
>>> particular Internet infrastructure service (L-Root), and (b) providing a
>>> worked example that might serve as useful input to design exercises carried
>>> out by other people with anycast DNS infrastructure.
>>>
>>> Nevil needs some additional reviews before he can make progress. There's
>>> only about 8 pages of text here (many of which are filled with example
>>> output from dig, etc). If you have a spare 10 minutes to be able to give
>>> your impressions, it would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Please send reviews to Nevil at [email protected], ideally cc'ing
>>> me so I can know when to stop asking people for reviews. :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>> >        A Summary of Various Mechanisms Deployed at L-Root for the
>>> >                     Identification of Anycast Nodes
>>> >                  draft-jabley-dnsop-anycast-mapping-02
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Abstract
>>> >
>>> >    Anycast is a deployment technique commonly employed for
>>> >    authoritative-only servers in the Domain Name System (DNS).  L-Root,
>>> >    one of the thirteen root servers, is deployed in this fashion.
>>> >
>>> >    Various techniques have been used to map deployed anycast
>>> >    infrastructure externally, i.e. without reference to inside
>>> knowledge
>>> >    about where and how such infrastructure has been deployed.
>>> >    Motivations for performing such measurement exercises include
>>> >    operational troubleshooting and infrastructure risk assessment.  In
>>> >    the specific case of L-Root, the ability to measure and map anycast
>>> >    infrastructure using the techniques mentioned in this document is
>>> >    provided for reasons of operational transparency.
>>> >
>>> >    This document describes all facilities deployed at L-Root to
>>> >    facilitate mapping of its infrastructure and serves as documentation
>>> >    for L-Root as a measurable service.
>>> >
>>> >
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>>
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