[RSSAC Caucus] Curious difference in glue TTL for root servers

Mukund Sivaraman muks at mukund.org
Thu Jun 18 22:26:00 UTC 2020


There's a difference in the TTL of glue records returned in a priming
query from different root servers. There's nothing wrong with a
nameserver lowering the TTL in a response [RFC2181], but it's an
observable difference in behavior. Perhaps some DNS implementation is
clamping the glue to TTLs of the NS records. Both TTLs are observed on
multiple root server letters respectively.

[muks at jurassic ~]$ dig +nord +short @l.root-servers.net root-servers.net soa
a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2020060800 14400 7200 1209600 3600000
[muks at jurassic ~]$ dig +nord @l.root-servers.net . ns

; <<>> DiG 1.1.1.20200608151533.e8a2352e96 <<>> +nord @l.root-servers.net . ns
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 26630
;; flags: qr aa; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 13, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 27

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;.				IN	NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
.			518400	IN	NS	a.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	b.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	c.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	d.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	e.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	f.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	g.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	h.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	i.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	j.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	k.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	l.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	m.root-servers.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
a.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	A	198.41.0.4
b.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	A	199.9.14.201
c.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	A	192.33.4.12
d.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	A	199.7.91.13
e.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	A	192.203.230.10
f.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	A	192.5.5.241
g.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	A	192.112.36.4
h.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	A	198.97.190.53
i.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	A	192.36.148.17
j.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	A	192.58.128.30
k.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	A	193.0.14.129
l.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	A	199.7.83.42
m.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	A	202.12.27.33
a.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	AAAA	2001:503:ba3e::2:30
b.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	AAAA	2001:500:200::b
c.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	AAAA	2001:500:2::c
d.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	AAAA	2001:500:2d::d
e.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	AAAA	2001:500:a8::e
f.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	AAAA	2001:500:2f::f
g.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	AAAA	2001:500:12::d0d
h.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	AAAA	2001:500:1::53
i.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	AAAA	2001:7fe::53
j.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	AAAA	2001:503:c27::2:30
k.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	AAAA	2001:7fd::1
l.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	AAAA	2001:500:9f::42
m.root-servers.net.	518400	IN	AAAA	2001:dc3::35

;; Query time: 33 msec
;; SERVER: 199.7.83.42#53(199.7.83.42)
;; WHEN: Fri Jun 19 03:52:09 IST 2020
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 811

[muks at jurassic ~]$ dig +nord +short @m.root-servers.net root-servers.net soa
a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2020060800 14400 7200 1209600 3600000
[muks at jurassic ~]$ dig +nord @m.root-servers.net . ns

; <<>> DiG 1.1.1.20200608151533.e8a2352e96 <<>> +nord @m.root-servers.net . ns
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 45391
;; flags: qr aa; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 13, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 27

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;.				IN	NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
.			518400	IN	NS	d.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	g.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	i.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	l.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	j.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	f.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	c.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	b.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	m.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	a.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	e.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	k.root-servers.net.
.			518400	IN	NS	h.root-servers.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
a.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	A	198.41.0.4
b.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	A	199.9.14.201
c.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	A	192.33.4.12
d.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	A	199.7.91.13
e.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	A	192.203.230.10
f.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	A	192.5.5.241
g.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	A	192.112.36.4
h.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	A	198.97.190.53
i.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	A	192.36.148.17
j.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	A	192.58.128.30
k.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	A	193.0.14.129
l.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	A	199.7.83.42
m.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	A	202.12.27.33
a.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	AAAA	2001:503:ba3e::2:30
b.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	AAAA	2001:500:200::b
c.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	AAAA	2001:500:2::c
d.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	AAAA	2001:500:2d::d
e.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	AAAA	2001:500:a8::e
f.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	AAAA	2001:500:2f::f
g.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	AAAA	2001:500:12::d0d
h.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	AAAA	2001:500:1::53
i.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	AAAA	2001:7fe::53
j.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	AAAA	2001:503:c27::2:30
k.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	AAAA	2001:7fd::1
l.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	AAAA	2001:500:9f::42
m.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	AAAA	2001:dc3::35

;; Query time: 104 msec
;; SERVER: 202.12.27.33#53(202.12.27.33)
;; WHEN: Fri Jun 19 03:51:46 IST 2020
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 811

[muks at jurassic ~]$ 

		Mukund
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