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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@netmore.net> // 818.535.5024 voice -----Original Message----- From: woods@weird.com [mailto:woods@weird.com] 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! -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 218-0098 VE3TCP <gwoods@acm.org> <robohack!woods> Planix, Inc. <woods@planix.com>; Secrets of the Weird <woods@weird.com>