----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Vixie" <vixie@isc.org>
David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org> writes:
I believe the root server operators have stated (the equivalent of) that it is not their job to make editorial decisions on what the root zone contains. They distribute what the ICANN/NTIA/Verisign gestalt publishes.
yes. for one example, see:
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-04jan08.htm
other rootops who have spoken about this have said similar/compatible things.
Just to clarify, since I'm responsible for that particular red herring, I had at the time forgotten that the TLD zone don't actually *live* in the root -- I know; silly me, right? -- and that the root wouldn't be affected by the sort of things that previously-2LD now TLD operators might want to do with their monocomponent names... which as someone pointed out, a 3-digit RFC forbids for security reasons anyway. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274