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.
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