RSSAC040 - Recommendations on Anonymization Processes for Source IP Addresses Submitted for Future Analysis
Abstract
DNS operators, in particular Root Server Operators (RSOs), are periodically requested to collect
query data and submit it to a central storage location where it is accessible for future research.
The typical example is the yearly Day In The Life of the Internet (DITL) collections undertaken
by the DNS Operations Analysis and Research Center (DNS-OARC). Some operators are
uncomfortable sharing IP addresses of the query sources and some are even legally prevented
from doing so. In those cases, the compromise has been for the RSO in question to anonymize
the source IP addresses of the queries.
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