[3476] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The root nameservers will be replaced August 1st
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Avi Freedman)
Wed Jul 17 12:24:19 1996
From: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
To: michael@memra.com (Michael Dillon)
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 12:12:10 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: alan@gi.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960716211142.18132H-100000@sidhe.memra.com> from "Michael Dillon" at Jul 16, 96 09:18:10 pm
> I'm saying that an unofficial body appears to be implementing a system of
> alternative root nameservers at exchange points. This is what they claim.
> I want to know if this could be true, i.e. would an XP allow that sort of
> colo server for starters. This has nothing to do with the official root
> nameservers whatsoever except that this group wants people to use their
> root servers rather than the official ones.
The XPs allow colo servers right now (the RAs). Such name servers could
be even run on the RA servers, though I doubt that'd happen :)
> I also want to know if this placement of servers would have any impact on
> network operations. Since this list is filled with the people who run
> XP's and who colocate at XP's and who understand what's going on, I asked
> this question here.
>
> Michael Dillon - ISP & Internet Consulting
> Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-604-546-3049
> http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com
Avi
