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Re: How common is lack of DNS server diversity?

  • From: bmanning
  • Date: Sat Jan 27 21:36:07 2001 
 Ah.. your term "root server" is what I have always called "authoritative"
e.g. any listed master/slave for a zone.



> 
> <Root server> ::= Any DNS server that has final authority for a <domain
> tier/level>;
> <domain tier/level> ::= root, TLD, SLD, 3LD, ... nLD (0LD, 1LD, 2LD, ...
> ,nLD).
> This is not to be confused with root level servers that have specific
> authority for dot, at the root level (0LD).
>