[48548] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: KPNQwest ns.eu.net server.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Payne)
Thu Jun 6 22:52:38 2002
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 19:52:03 -0700
From: John Payne <john@sackheads.org>
To: bmanning@karoshi.com
Cc: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>,
Daniel Concepcion <dani@intelideas.com>,
"Neil J. McRae" <neil@COLT.NET>,
Joao Luis Silva Damas <joao@ripe.net>, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>,
Daniel Diaz <ddiaz@ripe.net>, routing-wg@ripe.net, lir-wg@ripe.net,
nanog@merit.edu, apnic-talk@lists.apnic.net
In-Reply-To: <200206061953.TAA01835@vacation.karoshi.com>
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On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 07:53:49PM +0000, bmanning@karoshi.com wrote:
...
> > I don't know of any official requirements. But RFCs 2182 and 2870
> > offer good guidance. (Some of 2870 is root zone-specific, but most of
> > it would apply to a ccTLD server.)
> >
> > --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
>
> It is perhaps instructive to note that when RFC 2870 was written, (most of)
> the roots also hosted COM,NET,ORG. Considered properly, RFC 2870 is
> more targeted toward gTLD servers. ccTLDs have a moderately different
> focus, while root servers are distinct from either in their requirements.
So how does the operation of gTLD servers differ from ccTLD servers, other
than perhaps more focus on geographical diversity?
