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

[rdobbins]

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.

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-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 7:41 PM
To: nanog@merit.edu
Subject: RE: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net



[ On Tuesday, September 19, 2000 at 18:58:21 (-0700), rdobbins@netmore.net
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!

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