Spectroscopy of private DNS update sources

Author

Broido, Andre ; Nemeth, Evi ; Claffy, Kc

Author_Institution

California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

fYear

2003

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

29

Abstract

We study attempts to dynamically update DNS records for private (RFC1918) addresses, by analyzing the frequency spectrum of updates observed at an authoritative nameserver for these addresses. We developed a binary autocorrelation algorithm and discovered that updates come in infinite series with periods of 60 or 75 minutes. We identify both periods as default settings of out-of-the-box Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP DNS software. Identifying this common property of end-user environments helps to understand users´ behavior on the Internet. To our knowledge this is the first study of the global impact of dynamic DNS.

Keywords

Internet; network servers; operating systems (computers); spectral analysis; Domain Name System; Internet; Microsoft Windows 2000 DNS software; Microsoft Windows XP DNS software; authoritative nameserver; binary autocorrelation algorithm; dynamic DNS record updating; end-user environments; frequency spectrum; private DNS update source spectroscopy; private addresses; Autocorrelation; Domain Name System; Frequency; Information resources; Robustness; Routing; Spectroscopy; Telecommunication traffic; Web and internet services; Web server;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Internet Applications. WIAPP 2003. Proceedings. The Third IEEE Workshop on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1972-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WIAPP.2003.1210282

Filename

1210282