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Description
Different implementations of DNS resolvers take different approaches to the authoritative server selection problem, i.e. resolvers are faced with the question "Which authoritative server should I ask now?". This presentation introduces a new tool for testing server selection strategies implemented in DNS resolvers.
The tool runs DNS resolvers inside a simulated environment containing various authoritative server configurations (good and lame delegations, invalid signatures, …) and also network parameters (latency, packet loss, …), and gathers statistical data about communication between the resolver and authoritative servers.
Using this tool, we can expose multiple versions of different implementations to various scenarios and get better understanding of their performance, and thus make informed decisions refactoring/rewriting/configuring server selection part of DNS resolvers.
We will also present our findings about various resolver implementations.
| Talk Duration | Lightning Talk 10 Minutes |
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