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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net
I know the difference, it's just been common practice for a long time to refer to them as the 'root' servers. You and Mr. Bush are right about that, of course - but I still think it was nice of NSI to actually let us know about the TLD server change. ----------------------------------------------------------- Roland Dobbins <[email protected]> // 818.535.5024 voice -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 7:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net [ On Tuesday, September 19, 2000 at 18:58:21 (-0700), [email protected] wrote: ] > Subject: RE: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net > > Yes, in the common parlance, they're referred to as the 'root' servers. > Most technical people, including myself (unless we're being pedantic) refer > to them in the same way. It would appear that at least some technical people need to learn to mind their p's and q's a with a little more care and attention! There is, and can ony be, one ``root'' in the DNS. Everything else is a subdomain. Just because once upon a time the root nameservers and the most common Top-Level-Domain nameservers were one in the same doesn't mean you can freely refer to the TLD servers as "root" servers! -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 218-0098 VE3TCP <[email protected]> <robohack!woods> Planix, Inc. <[email protected]>; Secrets of the Weird <[email protected]>
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