RE: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net

[rdobbins]

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.

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Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@netmore.net> // 818.535.5024 voice

-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan Lane [mailto:nathan@terminus.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 5:36 PM
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Subject: Re: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net



Randy Bush wrote:
> indeed!  but these date are not about root nameservers.
> 
> randy

Indeed they ARE "root level" (i.e., the ones that have high visibility)
servers to any non technical corporate management.

I applaud the effort by the team at Network Solutions to keep us
informed of changes and outages, even those not under their direct
control.  Without DNS, this space doesn't work for 99.9% of the
population.

-Nathan Lane
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.