At 02:33 07/10/2005, Thomas Gal wrote:
> Should _every_ Internet user (let count one billion) receive
> a personal copy of the root file every month, the decrease of
> root related traffic on the Internet would be by 90%. That
> the root server system works well, does not implies that the
> root servers system concept is still the best solution. We
> now have 1.5 billions (most of the Internet users and many
> more) who will access the NewStar root file.
>
> jfc
>
Is that the case? I think in fact you'd have a lot more data being
transmitted because everyone would be getting information they won't use as
opposed to just polling through various levels of DNS cache, which would
make it seem like very little traffic to the roots in the case of the
records which do not change.
We did the computation during a diner at the ICANN meeting in
Luxembourg, with people of different origins. Using the RIPE data
they had on a leaflet there. You can do the computation yourself
again. And use other sources.
Obviously the DNS is not the traffic. But when you recall that the
problem with the Hosts file was the traffic load, it shows that time
have changed, and what had to change once may have to change twice.
jfc
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