Re: [IDNO-DISCUSS] news update

Karl Auerbach (karl@cavebear.com)
Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:20:06 -0700 (PDT)


> whats does this mean and whats the impact of it ?
>
> http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,38613,00.html

It means that the bulk of the root servers will obtain their copy of the
root zone file from a machine operated by ICANN rather than from a machine
operated by NSI.

Possibly some of the root servers will not make the change -- in
particular those operated by NSI.

As far as I know, the underlying data in that file will still be
maintained by NSI.

It's an odd change, especially insofar as it will take years for the
existing named.cache files out here in net land to point different root
server addresses.

It's one more crack that I suspect will eventually lead to multiple roots
being the norm.

--karl--

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