Are we thinking its going to get worse??
Did anyone else see the intelsat spacecraft failure last week??
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Are we thinking its going to get worse??
Did anyone else see the intelsat spacecraft failure last week??
Sent using my GCI BlackBerry
Warren Bailey <wbailey@gci.com> writes:
Are we thinking its going to get worse??
i am. looking at some local passive dns data (generated from ISC SIE),
we find the following single bit errors by anchoring some searches at
the known names and addresses of the f-root server. DNS does not have
its own crc or checksum, it relies on UDP and IP for error detection
(in which it is weak or nonexistant). i think it's probably time to
formalize the study of bit errors in DNS, and then see if we can make
a sensible mapping between what we observe and what the solar flux is.
because if they're related and we're going to have a strong solar cycle
then everybody's insurance rates are about to go up.
re:
;; matches for IP = 192.5.5.241 (resource records)
m.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
a.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
b.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
c.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
d.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
e.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.boot-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.ro\127t-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.rood-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.roop-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-cervers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-sarvers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-sebvers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servebs.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-serverc.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.nut. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.ned. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.neu. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.~et. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servess.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servurs.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-serwers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-serfers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-survers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root=servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.rcot-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.rgot-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.rkot-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.r\127ot-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
g.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
h.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
i.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
j.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
k.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
l.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
v.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
;; matches for IP = 2001:500:2f::f (resource records)
f.roop-servers.net. IN AAAA 2001:500:2f::f
f.root-cervers.net. IN AAAA 2001:500:2f::f
f.root-sarvers.net. IN AAAA 2001:500:2f::f
f.root-servebs.net. IN AAAA 2001:500:2f::f
f.root-servers.ned. IN AAAA 2001:500:2f::f
f.root-servers.neu. IN AAAA 2001:500:2f::f
f.root-servers.~et. IN AAAA 2001:500:2f::f
f.root-serwers.net. IN AAAA 2001:500:2f::f
f.root-serfers.net. IN AAAA 2001:500:2f::f
f.root=servers.net. IN AAAA 2001:500:2f::f
f.rcot-servers.net. IN AAAA 2001:500:2f::f
f.rgot-servers.net. IN AAAA 2001:500:2f::f
f.rkot-servers.net. IN AAAA 2001:500:2f::f
;; matches for name = f.root-servers.net (RRsets)
f.root-servers.net. IN A 128.63.2.53
f.root-servers.net. IN A 128.63.2.53
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 128.63.2.53
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.112.36.4
f.root-servers.net. IN A 128.8.10.90
f.root-servers.net. IN A 128.8.10.90
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 128.8.10.90
f.root-servers.net. IN A 202.12.27.33
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.58.128.30
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.58.128.30
f.root-servers.net. IN A 198.41.0.4
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.225
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.253
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.255
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.240
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.58.128.30
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.58.128.30
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.228.79.201
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.58.128.30
f.root-servers.net. IN A 198.41.0.4
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.33.4.12
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.33.4.12
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.58.128.30
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.33.4.12
f.root-servers.net. IN A 193.0.14.129
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.33.4.12
f.root-servers.net. IN A 198.32.64.12
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.33.4.12
f.root-servers.net. IN A 202.12.27.33
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.36.148.17
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.112.36.4
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.203.230.10
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.228.79.201
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.228.79.201
f.root-servers.net. IN A 193.0.14.129
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.228.79.201
f.root-servers.net. IN A 198.32.64.12
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.228.79.201
f.root-servers.net. IN A 202.12.27.33
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 193.0.14.129
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 193.0.14.129
f.root-servers.net. IN A 198.41.0.4
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 198.32.64.12
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 198.32.64.12
f.root-servers.net. IN A 198.41.0.4
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 198.41.0.4
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 198.41.0.4
f.root-servers.net. IN A 202.12.27.33
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 202.12.27.33
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.248
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.249
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.250
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.251
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.5.252
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.5.21.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.21.5.241
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.33.4.12
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.33.4.12
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.36.148.17
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.36.148.17
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.228.79.201
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.112.36.4
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.112.36.4
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.203.230.10
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.203.230.10
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.203.230.10
f.root-servers.net. IN A 198.32.64.12
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.228.79.201
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.228.79.201
f.root-servers.net. IN A 193.0.14.129
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.228.79.201
f.root-servers.net. IN A 198.32.64.12
f.root-servers.net. IN A 192.228.79.201
f.root-servers.net. IN A 202.12.27.33
f.root-servers.net. IN A 193.0.14.129
f.root-servers.net. IN A 193.0.14.129
f.root-servers.net. IN A 198.41.0.4
f.root-servers.net. IN A 198.32.64.12
f.root-servers.net. IN A 198.32.64.12
f.root-servers.net. IN A 198.41.0.4
f.root-servers.net. IN A 198.41.0.4
f.root-servers.net. IN A 198.41.0.4
f.root-servers.net. IN A 202.12.27.33
f.root-servers.net. IN A 202.12.27.33
f.root-servers.net. IN 4097 \# 4 c0 05 05 f1
f.root-servers.net. IN AAAA 2001:500:2f::3a:801e
f.root-servers.net. IN AAAA 2001:500:2f::
f.root-servers.net. IN AAAA 2001:500:2f::1:0
f.root-servers.net. IN AAAA 2001:500:2f::14:0
f.root-servers.net. IN AAAA 2001:510:2f::f
f.root-servers.net. IN AAAA 2101:500:2f::f
f.root-servers.net. IN AAAA 2109:500:2f::f
f.root-servers.net. IN LOC \# 16 20 01 05 00 00 2f 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0f
And to top it all off, how many picojoules are stored in a modern ram cell
compared to the same during the last sunspot peak. There is a hidden
cost to memory density growth here...
-- Pete
This cycle is currently predicted to be quite tame by recent standards.
So far NASA is predicting cycle 24 to be much weaker than 23 was: