From: MX%"perry@piermont.com" 20-MAY-1997 12:10:56.59 To: MX%"mhurst@fastlane.ca" CC: MX%"paul@vix.com",MX%"nanog@merit.edu",MX%"iana@isi.edu" Subj: Re: Root Nameserver Changes Return-Path: <owner-nanog@merit.edu> Received: from merit.edu by ISDMNL.WR.USGS.GOV (MX V4.1 VAX) with SMTP; Tue, 20 May 1997 12:10:49 PST Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by merit.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA08291; Tue, 20 May 1997 15:08:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: by merit.edu (bulk_mailer v1.5); Tue, 20 May 1997 15:05:53 -0400 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by merit.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA08119 for nanog-outgoing; Tue, 20 May 1997 15:05:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jekyll.piermont.com (jekyll.piermont.com [206.1.51.15]) by merit.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA08110 for <nanog@merit.edu>; Tue, 20 May 1997 15:05:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [[UNIX: localhost]] ([[UNIX: localhost]]) by jekyll.piermont.com (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA19257; Tue, 20 May 1997 15:04:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <199705201904.PAA19257@jekyll.piermont.com> X-Authentication-Warning: jekyll.piermont.com: [[UNIX: localhost]] didn't use HELO protocol To: Marc Hurst <mhurst@fastlane.ca> CC: Paul A Vixie <paul@vix.com>, "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>, "iana@ISI.EDU" <iana@isi.edu> Subject: Re: Root Nameserver Changes In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 20 May 1997 13:58:37 EDT." <Pine.BSD/.3.91.970520135710.22207D-100000@fastlane.ca> Reply-To: perry@piermont.com X-Reposting-Policy: redistribute only with permission Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 15:04:32 -0400 From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> Sender: owner-nanog@merit.edu Marc Hurst writes:

Because you do not belong to one does not mean they do not exist. Market share, or the lack thereof, does not dictate as to whether or not they actually exist.

Yawn. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Oh, but Mr. Hurst makes a true and valid point. And the Flat Earth Society does actually exist (cf. www.flat-earth.org), but I somehow doubt Mr. Vixie is a member of it either... -jrf +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

On Tue, 20 May 1997, Paul A Vixie wrote:

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It is better to expand/modify Root Name Server Confederations based on where servers are located and which ISPs use them.

there is no such thing as a root name server confederation, that is a fiction of jim fleming's intersteller imagination.