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How about the other ones from L-M where are they "physically" located? ---- Kamau Wanguhu Cambridge Research Lab Compaq Computer Corporation [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> +1.617.692.7613 � > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Howard [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 09:34 > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: root name servers > > > Jay R. Ashworth writes... > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 1998 at 08:29:43AM -0800, > [email protected] wrote: > > > > anybody knows the physical location > > > > of all root name servers, or a pointer ? > > > Is it really important? > > > > The sort of person who wants to know this is roughly the > same sort of > > person who is interested in knowing that the AT&T Startum 1 > clock is in > > Hillsboro MO. > > > > You know: geeks. :-) > > OTOH, some of us don't care about those root servers because > we already > know where our own root servers are. All but one of my DNS > servers are > grass roots servers. You can take down all the root servers, > and if that > didn't also take out the TLD (e.g. .COM, .NET, .ORG, .GOV) > servers, then > I won't notice it much (except to wonder why there is a dropoff in my > load on smtp and http). > > BTW, knowing where the main root servers are topologically is probably > more dangerous than knowing where they all are physically. > And that is > information most everyone already has. > > -- > -- *-----------------------------* Phil Howard > KA9WGN * -- > -- | Inturnet, Inc. | Director of Internet > Services | -- > -- | Business Internet Solutions | eng at intur.net > | -- > -- *-----------------------------* philh at > intur.net * -- >
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