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Re: [gnso-ff-pdp-may08] Internet Draft: Fast Flux Defense in DNS

  • To: dave.piscitello@xxxxxxxxx
  • Subject: Re: [gnso-ff-pdp-may08] Internet Draft: Fast Flux Defense in DNS
  • From: Joe St Sauver <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:35:03 -0700

Dave mentioned:

#It would be interesting to understand what the army uses TTL/600 for but 
#I imagine it's one of those "we could tell you but then we'd have to kill 
#you" answers. 

Presumably short TTLs represent (at least in part) a desire to maintain
a degree of agility in the face of online threats, such as DDoS attacks,
or equipment failures.

#Nonetheless, it would be interesting to collect at least a sample list of 
#network operators who use TTLs of 5 mins or less 

It almost seems hard to find major sites that DON'T... :-)

Oh yes, are you interested in "A" records, NS records, or both? Sometimes 
you'll see dramatically different values for one vs. the other:

www.berkeley.edu.       600     IN      CNAME   www.w3.berkeley.edu.
www.w3.berkeley.edu.    600     IN      A       169.229.131.81
w3.berkeley.edu.        172800  IN      NS      adns2.berkeley.edu.
w3.berkeley.edu.        172800  IN      NS      ucb-ns.NYU.edu.
w3.berkeley.edu.        172800  IN      NS      adns1.berkeley.edu.

or 

www.doubleclick.com.    300     IN      A       216.73.93.8
doubleclick.com.        604800  IN      NS      ns2.doubleclick.net.
doubleclick.com.        604800  IN      NS      ns3.doubleclick.net.
doubleclick.com.        604800  IN      NS      ns4.doubleclick.net.
doubleclick.com.        604800  IN      NS      ns1.doubleclick.net.
;; Received 140 bytes from 216.73.86.10#53(ns1.doubleclick.net) in 78 ms

for example. You may also see short TTLs in CNAMEs:

www.aol.com.            60      IN      CNAME   www.aol.com.websys.akadns.net.
www.aim.com.            120     IN      CNAME   www.aim.com.websys.akadns.net.
www.icq.com.            600     IN      CNAME   www.gwww.icq.com.

www.bebo.com.           300     IN      CNAME   www.bebo.com.edgesuite.net.

www.cnet.com.           300     IN      CNAME   
gtm-tron-xw.cnet-basic-performance.akadns.net.
www.download.com.       300     IN      CNAME   
gtm-tron-xw.cnet-basic-performance.akadns.net.

www.comcast.net.        120     IN      CNAME   www.comcast.net.edgesuite.net.

www.blogger.com.        300     IN      CNAME   blogger.l.google.com.
www.orkut.com.          300     IN      CNAME   orkut.l.google.com.
www.youtube.com.        300     IN      CNAME   youtube.l.google.com.

www.nba.com.            300     IN      CNAME   www.nba.com.edgesuite.net.

www.photobucket.com.    300     IN      CNAME   photobucket.com.

Anyhow, some short (600 second or less TTL) domains that might be of interest:

www.imdb.com.           10800   IN      CNAME   us.imdb.com.
us.imdb.com.            10      IN      CNAME   us.dd.imdb.com.
us.dd.imdb.com.         240     IN      NS      ns-923.amazon.com.
us.dd.imdb.com.         240     IN      NS      ns-921.amazon.com.
us.dd.imdb.com.         240     IN      NS      ns-912.amazon.com.
us.dd.imdb.com.         240     IN      NS      ns-911.amazon.com.
;; Received 167 bytes from 204.69.234.1#53(udns1.ultradns.net) in 49 ms

----

www.facebook.com.       30      IN      A       69.63.176.12
;; Received 50 bytes from 69.63.176.101#53(glb01.sf2p.tfbnw.net) in 35 ms

----

www.amazon.com.         60      IN      A       72.21.203.1
;; Received 48 bytes from 72.21.204.208#53(ns-923.amazon.com) in 78 ms

----

www.weather.com.        60      IN      A       65.207.183.121
weather.com.            1800    IN      NS      dns3.weather.com.
weather.com.            1800    IN      NS      dns1.weather.com.
weather.com.            1800    IN      NS      dns2.weather.com.
;; Received 154 bytes from 65.207.183.15#53(dns1.weather.com) in 82 ms

----

www.imageshack.us.      60      IN      A       38.99.76.239
www.imageshack.us.      60      IN      A       38.99.77.12
www.imageshack.us.      60      IN      A       38.99.77.83
www.imageshack.us.      60      IN      A       38.99.77.93
www.imageshack.us.      60      IN      A       38.99.77.97
www.imageshack.us.      60      IN      A       38.99.77.111
www.imageshack.us.      60      IN      A       38.99.77.202
www.imageshack.us.      60      IN      A       38.99.77.223
www.imageshack.us.      60      IN      A       38.99.77.244
www.imageshack.us.      60      IN      A       38.101.111.32
www.imageshack.us.      60      IN      A       38.99.76.132
www.imageshack.us.      60      IN      A       38.99.76.159
www.imageshack.us.      60      IN      A       38.99.76.177
www.imageshack.us.      60      IN      A       38.99.76.200
www.imageshack.us.      60      IN      A       38.99.76.202
imageshack.us.          7200    IN      NS      ns5.imageshack.us.
imageshack.us.          7200    IN      NS      ns6.imageshack.us.
imageshack.us.          7200    IN      NS      ns7.imageshack.us.
imageshack.us.          7200    IN      NS      ns8.imageshack.us.
imageshack.us.          7200    IN      NS      ns9.imageshack.us.
imageshack.us.          7200    IN      NS      ns.imageshack.us.
imageshack.us.          7200    IN      NS      ns2.imageshack.us.
imageshack.us.          7200    IN      NS      ns3.imageshack.us.
imageshack.us.          7200    IN      NS      ns4.imageshack.us.
;; Received 500 bytes from 38.99.77.75#53(NS.imageshack.us) in 36 ms

----

www.craigslist.org.     300     IN      A       208.82.236.208
craigslist.org.         300     IN      NS      ns1s.craigslist.org.
craigslist.org.         300     IN      NS      ns2s.craigslist.org.
craigslist.org.         300     IN      NS      ns1p.craigslist.org.
craigslist.org.         300     IN      NS      ns2p.craigslist.org.
;; Received 192 bytes from 208.82.239.175#53(ns2s.craigslist.org) in 50 ms

----

www.nytimes.com.        300     IN      A       199.239.137.245
www.nytimes.com.        300     IN      A       199.239.136.200
www.nytimes.com.        300     IN      A       199.239.136.245
www.nytimes.com.        300     IN      A       199.239.137.200
nytimes.com.            300     IN      NS      nydns1.about.com.
nytimes.com.            300     IN      NS      nydns2.about.com.
nytimes.com.            300     IN      NS      ns1t.nytimes.com.
;; Received 180 bytes from 199.239.137.15#53(ns1t.nytimes.com) in 87 ms

----

www.ebay.com.           3600    IN      CNAME   hp-core.ebay.com.
hp-core.ebay.com.       300     IN      A       66.135.200.145
hp-core.ebay.com.       300     IN      A       66.135.214.176
;; Received 84 bytes from 66.135.207.137#53(sjc-dns1.ebaydns.com) in 64 ms

----

www.wordpress.com.      14400   IN      CNAME   wordpress.com.
wordpress.com.          300     IN      A       76.74.254.126
wordpress.com.          300     IN      A       72.232.101.43
wordpress.com.          300     IN      A       72.233.2.57
wordpress.com.          14400   IN      NS      ns1.wordpress.com.
wordpress.com.          14400   IN      NS      ns2.wordpress.com.
wordpress.com.          14400   IN      NS      ns3.wordpress.com.
;; Received 199 bytes from 72.232.101.25#53(ns1.wordpress.com) in 68 ms

----

www.flickr.com.         300     IN      CNAME   www.flickr.vip.mud.yahoo.com.
www.flickr.vip.mud.yahoo.com. 900 IN    A       68.142.214.24
mud.yahoo.com.          172800  IN      NS      ns1.yahoo.com.
mud.yahoo.com.          172800  IN      NS      ns2.yahoo.com.
mud.yahoo.com.          172800  IN      NS      ns3.yahoo.com.
mud.yahoo.com.          172800  IN      NS      ns4.yahoo.com.
mud.yahoo.com.          172800  IN      NS      ns5.yahoo.com.
;; Received 257 bytes from 66.218.71.63#53(ns1.yahoo.com) in 41 ms

----

www.rapidshare.com.     600     IN      CNAME   rapidshare.com.
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.17
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.18
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.19
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.20
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.21
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.22
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.2
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.3
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.4
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.5
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.6
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.7
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.8
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.9
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.10
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.11
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.12
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.13
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.14
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.15
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      A       195.122.131.16
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      NS      ns1.rapidshare.com.
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      NS      ns3.rapidshare.com.
rapidshare.com.         600     IN      NS      ns2.rapidshare.com.
;; Received 488 bytes from 195.122.131.250#53(ns1.rapidshare.com) in 191 ms

----

www.cnn.com.            600     IN      A       64.236.91.21
www.cnn.com.            600     IN      A       64.236.91.23
www.cnn.com.            600     IN      A       64.236.16.20
www.cnn.com.            600     IN      A       64.236.16.52
www.cnn.com.            600     IN      A       64.236.24.12
www.cnn.com.            600     IN      A       64.236.29.120
;; Received 125 bytes from 64.236.22.150#53(dmtns02.turner.com) in 83 ms

----

www.juniper.com.        600     IN      A       164.109.49.175
juniper.com.            600     IN      NS      mia01.digex.com.
juniper.com.            600     IN      NS      mia02.digex.com.
;; Received 95 bytes from 216.255.129.249#53(mia01.digex.com) in 78 ms

----

www.ign.com.            300     IN      CNAME   appscs.ign.com.
appscs.ign.com.         3600    IN      A       69.10.16.84
ign.com.                300     IN      NS      PDNS6.ULTRADNS.CO.UK.
ign.com.                300     IN      NS      PDNS5.ULTRADNS.INFO.
ign.com.                300     IN      NS      PDNS4.ULTRADNS.ORG.
ign.com.                300     IN      NS      PDNS3.ULTRADNS.ORG.
ign.com.                300     IN      NS      PDNS2.ULTRADNS.NET.
ign.com.                300     IN      NS      PDNS1.ULTRADNS.NET.
;; Received 244 bytes from 204.74.109.1#53(pdns2.ultradns.net) in 26 ms

----

reference.com.          7200    IN      A       66.161.12.84
reference.com.          300     IN      NS      NAME1.ask.com.
reference.com.          300     IN      NS      name5.ask.com.
;; Received 123 bytes from 65.214.32.161#53(name1.askjeeves.com) in 101 ms

----

mozilla.org.            600     IN      A       63.245.209.11
mozilla.org.            600     IN      NS      ns4.mydyndns.org.
mozilla.org.            600     IN      NS      ns5.mydyndns.org.
mozilla.org.            600     IN      NS      ns1.mozilla.org.
mozilla.org.            600     IN      NS      ns2.mydyndns.org.
mozilla.org.            600     IN      NS      ns2.mozilla.org.
mozilla.org.            600     IN      NS      ns3.mydyndns.org.
;; Received 194 bytes from 91.198.22.76#53(ns4.mydyndns.org) in 176 ms

----

www.dell.com.           600     IN      CNAME   www1.ins.dell.com.
ins.dell.com.           600     IN      NS      auspc3dns3.us.dell.com.
ins.dell.com.           600     IN      NS      auspc3dns4.us.dell.com.
ins.dell.com.           600     IN      NS      ausps3dns3.us.dell.com.
ins.dell.com.           600     IN      NS      ausps3dns4.us.dell.com.
;; Received 220 bytes from 143.166.82.251#53(ns1.us.dell.com) in 73 ms

Presumably all those guys might find going from 600 seconds to 
86400 seconds or more to be a bit of a change. :-;

Regards,

Joe



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