On 18 Nov 2001, Paul Vixie wrote:
nanog@adns.net ("John Palmer (NANOG Acct)") writes:
The first thing is to change your root cache file to contain ... or the PacRoot servers like ...
So that your customers can see all of the internet and not just what ICANN wants you to see.
bzeep. nonsequitur. there can only be one root zone. if you change your dns configuration to subscribe to something else, then you're off "the internet" in a technical sense. (that some root-looking zones incorporate all icann data past present and future is merely a testament to the fact that "the internet" means "what the one true official root zone includes", and should not be indicative of some kind off odd "value subtraction service" by a root-like zone publisher.)
Sorry to burst your reality distortion bubble Paul, but there are a very large number of us who don't consider ICANN to be either representative of our best interests, nor the ultimate authority on "the Internet". -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------