On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 18:50, William Allen Simpson wrote:
Please note that the people running the root nameservsers are a different set from the people who run the .com and .net nameservers.
True, these days, at least in part.
Since the latest zone for .net (and maybe .com according to the announcement) contains data that * indicates existance for domains that actually do not exist, and * incorrect addresses for domains that exist, but are not using the name service of netSOL cum verisign, it is arguably not a valid zone file. Therefore, any root server operators should refuse the improper zone file.
Whether the .net and .com zone files are valid or not is really irrelevant for your argument - since the zone file served by the root servers is only for the . zone, not the .net or .com zones any more. The zone file the _root servers_ hold IS therefore a valid zone file. Whatever junk Verisign puts into the com. and net. zones does not implicate the . zone servers at all. /leg