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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: The root nameservers will be replaced August 1st
> To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: The root nameservers will be replaced August 1st > Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 22:43:38 -0700 > From: Paul A Vixie <[email protected]> > > > If the information in the following message means what I think it means in > > then somebody is colocating an entire new set of root nameservers at > > exchange points within the USA if not internationally. > > Yes. However, we are expecting exchange point operators to show some kind > of common sense, which means asking the IANA before they sign onto such a > project. > [...] I would like to think that, at lease in a general sense, the exchange point operators will not ask their customers what type of traffic the customer expects to transmit across an exchange point. Granted, connecting a host to an exchange point might warrant greater scrutiny than connecting a network.... More interestingly, if someone wants to create an alternative set of root servers, there is no particularly good reason for them to be located at exchange points, (unless I am confused about what networks are all about...). True, servers at exchange points should exhibit greater availability, but that is probably not the largest challenge faced by alternative root servers. -tjs - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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