root-hints as master for RFC7706

[Joe Abley]

On Nov 30, 2018, at 08:37, Rainer Duffner via Unbound-users
<unbound-users at nlnetlabs.nl> wrote:

> lax.xfr.dns.icann.org.


When I was in the team that operated that service there we went to
some lengths to emphasise that it was not a supported, production,
operational service but rather a convenient troubleshooting and
diagnostic tool provided on a best-effort basis.

(I think it's actually xfr.lax.dns.icann.org; there was a companion
service xfr.cjr.dns.icann.org. They served not just the root zone but
every infrastructure/community zone that ICANN hosted, like
ROOT-SERVERS.NET, ARPA, IN-ADDR.ARPA, URI.ARPA, etc, etc.)

This may be perfectly fine for your purposes (and of course the
disposition of those services might have changed during the 800 years
I've been away) but I thought I'd mention it.


Joe