David Harris made a suggestion to update the root servers in real time and
I was wondering if NSI found this a practicle solution for implimentation.
Regards
Joe Baptista
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Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 13:01:29 -0400
From: David Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: !Dr. Joe Baptista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: realtime root server updates someday?
!Dr. Joe Baptista [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> I don't think it's technically possible to update the file in real
> time. The dot.com file is in excess of 900 megs in size, if you updated
> it everytime a new registration was made you'd have all the root servers
> trottling.
>
> Regards
> Joe
It would be stupid and impractical to transfer the whole 900 meg zone file for
each updated, of course.
Rather, you would do something along these lines: setup an oracle database
server at each root server DNS node and create a front-end database-to-dns
server (I read about this kind of software a year or so ago). This way you just
whack one SQL transaction out to each of the 13 or so global servers and the
domain is instantly ready to use.
Of course this requires good work and investment. I'm hoping that NSI Registry
is considering setting up an architecture like this.
I ask because the domain name setup is the only part of my web hosting account
setup procedure that is not done instantly while the customer waits. I register
the domain while they wait, but I have to say "give it a day or so to become
active" and give them a temporary domain name.
- David Harris
Principal Engineer, DRH Internet Inc.
