Interesting Graphs - Priming Queries to the Root Servers


Emile Aben
Based in Amsterdam, NL
I'm a data scientist at the RIPE NCC. I'm a chemist by training, but have been working since 1998 on Internet related things, as a sysadmin, security consultant, web developer and researcher. I am interested in technology changes (like IPv6 deployment), Internet measurement, data analysis, data visualisation, sustainability and security. … More
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There was a slight increase in the number of sources that issue priming queries to DNS root servers seen on 18 March 2010, right after the introduction of a signed .arpa zone. See here an analysis and some graphs.