On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 07:14:31PM -0500, Greg A. Woods wrote:
And, as it happens, currently there is only one recognised DNS, with one set of authoritative root servers.
Anyone who says otherwise is just one of those renegades who can safely be ignored and they *will* go away.
Well, actually, Greg, there are multiple root clusters, with multiple sets of authoritative root servers -- but only one of those is consecrated by DoC/ICANN. The other ones do exist, do work, and so far as I'm aware, there are not currently any rogue redelegations of "traditional" gTLDs, nor many, if any, collisions of non-traditional gTLDs, amongst the various ones. I don't let the people on DOMAIN-POLICY get away with *overstating* the case on alternative roots, I shouldn't let you get away with *understating* the case, neither. :-) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Member of the Technical Staff Baylink The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 804 5015